# AM/NS Calvert announces $500M expansion with electric arc furnace

AM/NS Calvert announced a $500-million expansion to add an electric arc furnace steelmaking facility at its plant in Calvert, Alabama, capable of producing 1.5 million metric tons of steel slabs annually, creating 300 jobs, with construction expected to take two years.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-08-01
- Where: Calvert, Alabama, United States
- Value: $500.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: Aug 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.5 million mT of steel slabs per year
- Products: steel slabs
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [ArcelorMittal](https://endata.com/companies/292.md)
- [AM/NS Calvert](https://endata.com/companies/49131.md)
- [ArcelorMittal](https://endata.com/companies/292.md) (partner)
- [Nippon Steel](https://endata.com/companies/7455.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [baybusinessnews.com](https://baybusinessnews.com/manufacturing/steel-manufacturing/am-ns-calvert-announces-expansion/), 2020-08-14: "AM/NS Calvert announced a $500-million expansion project that will create 300 jobs."
- [alreporter.com](https://www.alreporter.com/2020/08/14/arcelormittal-announces-expansion-of-mobile-county-steel-plant), 2020-08-14: "An electric arc furnace at Calvert makes strategic sense as it allows our asset to be more reactive to the local market as well as being in line with the USMCA."
- [siteselection.com](https://siteselection.com/automotive-steel-and-other-sectors-pave-this-regions-road-to-recovery/), 2020-10-15: "An electric arc furnace at Calvert makes strategic sense as it allows our asset to be more reactive to the local market"
- [mobilechamber.com](https://mobilechamber.com/2020/10/500m-expansion-announced-at-am-ns-calvert-mill/), 2020-10-28: "Steel producer ArcelorMittal announced in August an approximately $500 million expansion at the AM/NS Calvert mill located in north Mobile County."

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