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LEADING DESTINATIONS FOR U.S. FERROUS ferrous (fĕr`əs), iron in the +2 valence state.


Containing or having to do with iron. The difference between ferrous and ferric is the number of valence electrons they contain (ferrous contains two and ferric contains three), which
 SCRAP SCRAP - Something written at CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa in the late 1970s. It ran on Interdata and Perkin-Elmer computers and was in use until the late 1980s.  EXPORTS (METRIC Measurement. Although metric generally refers to the decimal-based metric system of weights and measures, software engineers often use the term as simply "measurement." For example, "is there a metric for this process?" See software metrics.

metric - software metric
 TONS)
JAN.-SEPT. 2001

China         1,990,000
South Korea     838,000
Canada          830,000
Mexico          603,000
Taiwan          244,000
Malaysia        213,000
Turkey           47,000
India            43,000
Japan            38,000
Thailand         34,000

JAN.-SEPT. 2000

South Korea   1,190,000
Canada        1,020,000
Mexico          761,000
China           700,000
Taiwan          250,000
Thailand        133,000
Malaysia         93,000
Spain            56,000
India            47,000
Japan            43,000

Sources: United States Geological Survey; US. Census Bureau


LARGE TONNAGE TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel.
     2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c.
 ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats charged material by means of an electric arc.

Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity (used in foundries for producing cast iron products) up to about 400 ton units used for secondary
 MILLS
1.  AK Steel
    Butler, Pa.
    860,000 T/yr.

2.  AK Steel
    Ashland, Ky.
    400,000 T/yr.

3.  AmeriSteel
    Charlotte, N.C.
    456,000 T/yr.

4.  AmeriSteel
    Knoxville, Tenn.
    312,000 T/yr.

5.  AmeriSteel
    Jackson, Tenn.
    720,000 T/yr.

6.  AmeriSteel
    Jacksonville, Fla.
    600,000 T/yr.

7.  Bayou Steel Corp.
    LaPlace, La.
    784,000 T/yr.

8.  Beta Steel
    Portage, Ind.
    500,000 T/yr.

9.  Bethlehem
    Lukens Plate
    Coatesville, Pa.
    880,000 T/yr.

10. Birmingham
    Steel Corp.
    Birmingham, Ala.
    500,000 T/yr.

11. Birmingham
    Steel Corp.
    Cartersville, Ga.
    750,000 T/yr.

12. Birmingham
    Steel Corp.
    Kankakee, III.
    850,000 T/yr.

13. Birmingham
    Steel Corp.
    Seattle, Wash.
    600,000 T/yr.

14. Birmingham
    Steel Corp.
    Jackson, Miss.
    400,000 T/yr.

15. Cascade Steel
    Rolling Mills Inc.
    McMinnville, Ore.
    600,000 T/yr.

16. Chaparral Steel Corp
    Petersburg, Va.
    1,200,000 T/yr.

17. Chaparral
    Steel Corp
    Midlothian, Texas
    1,800,000 T/yr.

18. Charter Steel
    Saukville, Wisc.
    450,000 T/yr.

19. Co-Steel Raritan
    Perth Amboy, N.J.
    770,000 T/yr.

20. Co-Steel
    Sayreville
    Sayreville, N.J.
    700,000 T/yr.

21. Gallatin Steel
    Ghent, Ky.
    1,200,000 T/yr.

22. Georgetown
    Steel Corp.
    Georgetown, S.C.
    1,000,000 T/yr.

23. IPSCO Inc.
    Montpelier, Iowa
    1,250,000 T/yr.

24. IPSCO Steel
    Mobile Co., Ala.
    1,250,000 T/yr.

25. Keystone
    Steel & Wire
    Peoria, III.
    500,000 T/yr.

26. Lone Star Steel
    Lone Star, Texas
    575,000 T/yr.

27. MacSteel
    Fort Smith, Ark.
    420,000 T/yr.

28. MacSteel
    Jackson, Mich.
    268,000 T/yr.

29. Marion Steel
    Marion, Ohio
    380,000 T/yr.

30. Newport Steel
    Newport, Ky.
    700,000 T/yr.

31. North Star-
    BHP Steel
    Delta, Ohio
    1,500,000 T/yr.

32. North Star Steel Co.
    Beaumont, Texas
    640,000 T/yr.

33. North Star Steel Co.
    Monroe, Mich.
    585,000 T/yr.

34. North Star Steel Co,
    St. Paul, Minn.
    570,000 T/yr.

35. North Star Steel Co,
    Kingman, Ariz.
    500,000 T/yr.

36. North Star Steel Co.
    Wilton, Iowa
    330,000 T/yr.

37. North Star Steel Co.
    Youngstown, Ohio
    600,000 T/yr.

38. Nucor Corp.
    Darlington, S.C.
    700,000 T/yr.

39. Nucor Corp.
    Norfolk, Neb.
    900,000 T/yr.

40. Nucor Corp.
    Jewett, Texas
    700,000 T/yr.

41. Nucor Corp.
    Plymouth, Utah
    950,000 T/yr.

42. Nucor Corp.
    Crawfordsville, Ind.
    1,800,000 T/yr.

43. Nucor Corp.
    Hickman, Ark.
    2,200,000 T/yr.

44. Nucor Corp.
    Hertford Co., N.C.
    1,000,000 T/yr.

45. Nucor Corp.
    Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
    2,300,000 T/yr.

46. Nucor Corp.
    Auburn, N.Y.
    450,000 T/yr.

47. Nucor-Yamato
    Steel Corp.
    Blytheville, Ark.
    2,200,000 T/yr.

48. Pennsylvania
    Steel
    Technologies
    (Bethlehem)
    Steelton, Pa.
    1,200,000 T/yr.

49. Oregon
    Steel Mills
    Portland, Ore.
    850,000 T/yr.

50. Republic
    Engineered Steels
    Beaver Falls, Pa.
    400,000 T/yr.

51. Republic
    Engineered Steels
    Canton, Ohio
    1,000,000 T/yr.

52. Republic
    Technologies
    Johnstown, Pa.
    1,500,000 T/yr.

53. Roanoke Electric
    Steel Corp.
    Roanoke, Va.
    650,000 T/yr.

54. Rocky Mountain
    Steel Mills
    Pueblo, Colo.
    1,000,000 T/yr.

55. Rouge Steel Co.
    Dearborn, Mich.
    850,000 T/yr.
    (EAF capacity only)

56. Sheffield
    Steel Corp.
    Sand Springs, Okla.
    625,000 T/yr.

57. SMI Steel -
    Alabama
    Birmingham, Ala.
    575,000 T/yr.

58. SMI Steel -
    South Carolina
    Cayce-West
    Columbia, S.C.
    400,000 T/yr.

59. SMI Steel -
    Texas
    Seguin, Texas
    800,000 T/yr.

60. steel
    Dynamics Inc.
    Butler, Ind.
    2,400,000 T/yr.

61. Steel
    Dynamics Inc.
    Columbia, Ind.
    1,150,000+/T yr.
    (coming online in
    2002)

62. Tamco
    Rancho Cucamonga,
    Calif.
    440,000 T/yr.

63. Timken Latrobe
    Steel
    1,500,000 T/yr.
    Latrobe, PA

64. Trico
    Decatur, Ala.
    2,200,000 T/yr.
    (Currently idle; may
    be re-started if
    purchased by Nucor
    Corp.)

65. Tuscaloosa Steel
    Tuscaloosa, Ala.
    870,000 T/yr.

CANADIAN MILLS

Altasteel Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
250,000 T/yr.

Co-Steel Lasco
Whitby, Ont.
1,000,000 T/yr.

Courtice Steel Inc.
Cambridge, Ont.
250,000 T/yr.

Gerdau MRM Steel
Selkirk, Manitoba
360,000 T/yr.

IPSCO Inc.
Regina, Sask.
1,000,000 T/yr.

Ispat-Sidbec
Contrecoeur, Que.
1,700,000 T/yr.

IVACO Rolling mills
l'Original, Ont.
730,000 T/yr.

Slater Steels
Hamilton, Ont.
700,000 T/yr.

Stelco-McMaster Ltee.
Contrecoer, Que.
600,000 T/yr.

MEXICAN MILLS

Atlax
Apizaco, Mexico
450,000 T/yr.

Compania Siderurgica
Mexicali, Mexico
495,000 T/yr.

Compania Siderurgica
Guadalajara, Mexico
400,000 T/yr.

Deacero
Saltillo, Mexico
430,000 T/yr.

Hylsa
Monterey, Mexico
825,000 T/yr.

Hylsa
Xoxtla, Mexico
770,000 T/yr.

Ispat Mexicana
Lazaro Cardenas,
Mexico
2,000,000 T/yr.

Tamsa
Veracruz, Mexico
600,000 T/yr.
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