Steel Mills
December 1, 2013
ThyssenKrupp Calvert, Alabama Steel Mill Sold
Written by John Packard
ArcelorMittal (AM) and their 50/50 joint venture partner Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) reached an agreement with ThyssenKrupp AG to acquire the ThyssenKrupp Steel USA steel mill located in Calvert, Alabama. The purchase was valued at $1.55 billion for the 4.3 million tons of flat rolling capacity along with 1 million tons of stainless tolling capacity.
The Calvert mill consist of a hot strip rolling mill, pickling facilities, cold rolling facilities including a continuous anneal cold rolled mill and three coating lines capable of producing galvanized, galvannealed, aluminized and Galvalume products.
