Steel Mills
November 10, 2014
Nucor Louisiana Production Suspended Following Equipment Failure
Written by Sandy Williams
Production has been suspended at the Nucor Louisiana DRI plant due to an major failure of the process gas heater on November 2. The company is assessing the damage from the incident but is not yet able to estimate how long repairs will take. The incident caused no injuries or environmental impact and no damage to any other part of the direct reduced iron (DRI) facility.
Nucor described the process gas heater as an auxiliary unit separate from the DRI technology used at the Louisiana plant. It is, however, equipment required for the facility to operate. Production outages occurred in July and September related to the same piece of equipment.
