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Danieli S.p.A.
Via Nazionale 41 33042 Buttrio (UD) Italy
Tel: +3904321958111 info@danieli.com www.danieli.com
Press releases
Danieli S.p.A.
Commercial Metals Company breaks ground on MIDA micro mill in Mesa, Arizona
One of the most efficient and green steel pro- ducing facilities in the world to produce both steel rebar and merchant products
Supplied by Danieli, this MIDA QLP micro mill will be the first in the world capable of pro- ducing both steel rebar and merchant prod- ucts with high yield strengths and maximum uptime.
It will melt local scrap by the innovative Danieli Digimelter (Q-One, Zero Bucket, Q-Melt) and operate in endless casting-roll- ing mode with an output of 500,000 tpy of long products, namely 350,000 tpy of rebar and 150,000 tpy of small merchant sections.
Arizona 2 MIDA micro mill will have the capability to directly connect to renewable energy sources that will make it the first mill ready to operate in a hybrid mode in North America.
Plant commissioning is scheduled for 2023.
CMC, a pioneer in endless casting-rolling, has been operating two Danieli MIDA micro mills, in Mesa (Arizona) and Durant (Oklahoma), USA.
About Commercial Metals Company
Commercial Metals Company and its subsidi- aries manufacture, recycle and fabricate steel and metal products, related materials and services through a network of facilities that includes seven electric arc furnace (“EAF”) mini mills, two EAF micro mills, a rerolling mill, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses, and metal recycling facilities in the U.S. and Poland.
On September 21, 2021, Commercial Metals Company (CMC) leadership, local officials and Danieli representatives celebrated the ground-
breaking of the new Arizona 2 micro mill at CMC Steel Arizona in Mesa, Arizona, USA.
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