Professional Documents
Culture Documents
In the three years since the company was formed and we closed
on $1.6 billion of financing, we have strived to think outside the
box in regard to operations, risk mitigation, customer service,
inventory management and the use of artificial intelligence
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Accomplished
So Far
Accomplished
So Far (cont’d)
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How We
Came Together
Why We Came
Together
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Why We Came
Together (cont’d)
Big River Steel extensively used HSS tube to build its facility and
the savings were clearly proven — we expect this market to
continue to grow
Construction
Highlights
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December 2015
Record High Water
Technology
Automation throughout the mill helps keep our head count low
and our yields high
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Technology
(cont’d)
Beefiness
Beefiness of Mill
80
(width x thickness of hotband inches)
76
70
60
48.375
50
45
40 40 41.8
40
34.375
30 31
30
20
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0
Delta SDI Crawfordsville Gallatin Hickman SDI Columbus Berkeley Decatur Big River
Steel*
*This is guaranteed width and thickness. SDI Columbus is exceeding its guarantee by 13.18%
If Big River Steel exceeded its guarantee by the same amount the beefiness factor would be 86.
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At our core,
we are
a technology
company.
We just
happen to
make steel.
Value Added
Initiative
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Environmental
Focus
Our mill was designed to not only comply with US EPA standards,
but European environmental standards as well
Energy
Efficiency
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Local Community
Impact
We have committed that our 435 jobs will pay no less than
$75,000 per year plus benefits—already well above this figure
Questions We
Often Receive
What impact will Big River Steel have on the demand supply
dynamics in the scrap industry?
What are your growth plans and will you buy or build?
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