The expansion will bolster its domestic supply chain and allow the company to feed DRI directly into the furnace while still hot, a spokesperson said.
Reports indicate Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel intend to build a direct-reduced iron production plant on the Big River Steel campus in Arkansas. A ResponsibleSteel certification announced for Big River ...
United States Steel Corp. will invest $1.9 billion at its Arkansas factory to produce direct reduced iron in what the company said will be the first facility of its kind in the United States.