JSW Steel (USA) Baytown, Texas, has received preliminary board approval, contingent upon securing governmental financial support, to proceed with a full-scale modernization project. The new state-of-the-art discrete plate mill will significantly increase product offerings.
As part of JSW’s vision for the future, the plate mill modernization is the first phase of a much larger project under consideration by the board. The second phase includes the construction of a new state-of-the-art melting and casting facility in the U.S. utilizing new technologically superior and eco friendly processes. A location has not yet been determined for the melting and casting facility. If fully implemented, the new melting and casting facility is expected to create 500 new high wage American jobs over the course of three years. It would also increase JSW’s ability to supply defense, as well as energy pipeline and domestic infrastructure projects, a goal of the Trump administration for both national security and economic reasons.
Published in the August 2017 Edition of American Recycler News