JSW Ohio EAF mill nearing restart

The scrap-fed electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio, operated by JSW Steel Group is reportedly ready to restart. The mill was idled in April, with JSW saying some capital investment projects were undertaken during the downtime.

Ownership of the mill has changed hands several times since it was built by the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel company in 2004. A United States-based subsidiary of JSW Steel bought the mill in 2018. It has been largely idle since 2016. Between Wheeling-Pitt and JSW, the mill also was owned by Russia-based OAO Severstal and an investor group known as Acero Junction Inc.

S&P Global Platts says JSW Steel USA Ohio Chief Operating Officer Mike Panzeri has confirmed the EAF and downstream hot rolling mill will be back in action the week of June 15.

According to the JSW Steel website, the Mingo Junction facility, with 1.5 million tons per year of EAF melt capacity, is designed to produce 72-inch hot-rolled coils. The mill complex also is equipped with slab continuous casting machinery and 3 million tons (annual capacity) of hot strip mill and roll machinery.