Big River Steel sets production record for first full month

Big River Steel today announced that it has established a new production record in terms of tons of steel produced by a SMS group supplied flat-rolled mini mill during the first full month of operation.  With over 63,000 tons of hot rolled steel produced in January, Big River Steel’s first full month of production, Big River Steel topped the previous first month production record according to data maintained by SMS group, Big River Steel’s lead technology supplier.
 
Big River Steel built the world’s first Flex Mill, a steel mini mill focused on the production of a wide product spectrum, including advanced automotive steels and electrical steels. The Big River Steel facility, located in Osceola, Arkansas, is designed to produce a large range of hot strip dimensions possible using new thin slab casting and rolling technologies from SMS.