# Big River Steel completes $716M Phase Two expansion in Arkansas

Big River Steel successfully started up the second phase of its scrap metal recycling and flat-rolled steel production facility in Osceola, Arkansas, doubling capacity to 3.3 million tons annually, ahead of schedule and under budget.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-11-18
- Where: Osceola, Arkansas, United States
- Value: $716.0M
- Starts operating: 18 Nov 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 3.3 million tons per year
- Products: flat-rolled steel
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Big River Steel](https://endata.com/companies/31552.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/big-river-steel-doubles-capacity-301175996.html), 2020-11-18: "When describing the success of our Phase Two construction efforts, I am extremely proud to be able to use my five favorite words: 'ahead of schedule' and 'under budget.'"
- [sms-group.com](https://www.sms-group.com/press-and-media/press-releases/press-release-detail/big-river-steel-successfully-commissions-expansion-of-sms-group-supplied-steel-mill), 2020-12-07: "Despite the constraints resulting from the measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, we were able to complete the installation and commissioning of the new systems about two months earlier than originally scheduled."

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