Iron and Steel Overview: Secondary Finishing
Canadian Iron and Steel Industry
Employment and Productivity
Energy Consumption
Environmental Issues
Industry Modernization and Restructuring
Integrated Mill Business Structure
International Competition
Labor Issues
Market Drivers
Price Trends
Products and Markets
Regulations and NOx Control
Rolling Mills / Secondary Finishing
Sales Revenue and Profitability
Shipments by Major Markets
Shipments by Type of Market
Shipments by Type of Product
U.S. Share of World Output
U.S. Steel Shipments
There are over 400 steel finishing operations in the United States with a very heavy concentration in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. These operations, many of them part of integrated mill and minimill steelmaking operations include mills that make rod, bar, and wire; pipe and tube; hot rolling sheet and plate mills; cold reduction sheet mills; structural mills, and galvanizing and coating lines. They also provide special sizes, annealing, and coatings to meet specific customer requirements.
Steel Finishing Operations by State
Alabama – 7
Arizona – 2
Arkansas – 7
California – 20
Colorado – 1
Connecticut – 13
Delaware – 1
Florida – 10
Georgia – 6
Illinois – 42
Indiana – 28
Iowa – 2
Kansas – 1
Kentucky – 12
Louisiana – 3
Maine – 1
Maryland – 5
Massachusetts – 4
Michigan – 18
Minnesota – 3
Mississippi – 2
Missouri – 5
Nebraska – 2
New Jersey – 5
New York – 11
North Carolina – 6
Ohio – 65
Oklahoma – 5
Oregon – 3
Pennsylvania – 65
South Carolina – 7
Tennessee – 12
Texas – 20
Utah – 3
Virginia – 1
Washington – 2
West Virginia – 10
Wisconsin – 5
Directory of Iron and Steel Plants 1995, Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, Pittsburg, PA 1995