CMC expands Arizona facility

Commercial Metals Co. (CMC), Irving, Texas, has completed the construction and commissioning of a 63,000-square-foot expansion and manufacturing line to produce spooled rebar at CMC Steel Arizona, a micromill in Mesa, Arizona.

The company invested in the expansion of the Mesa mill to produce hot-rolled, spooled rebar at its 230-acre campus. This is CMC’s second spooler operation in the U.S., according to a news release from the city of Mesa. 

“CMC is pleased to introduce this new product to the market, creating additional high-quality jobs in the community as well as creating numerous efficiencies for our customers. We really appreciate the support and partnership with the City of Mesa to make this project a reality,” CMC Chairman, President and CEO Barbara Smith says.

CMC Steel Arizona manufactures concrete reinforcing bar, or rebar, and steel t-posts which are produced almost entirely from recycled scrap metal. By using recycled scrap as a raw material rather than virgin natural resources, CMC is reducing the need for mining of natural resources and reducing CO2 emissions by 58 percent, the company says.

CMC opened its steel micromill in Mesa in 2009. This electric arc furnace (EAF) micromill uses a continuous technology and is one of the first of its type to be successfully operated in the United States, according to the news release. The technology also is used at CMC’s mill in Durant, Oklahoma. 

More than 450,000 tons of scrap metal are recycled each year into steel bar products at CMC Steel Arizona for use in construction and fabrication, according to a report from the city of Mesa. CMC Steel Arizona now produces straight and spooled rebar in a range of sizes and lengths.