Air Liquide Expands Relationship with Nucor Steel in U.S.
12/14/2011 - Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP has been selected to supply industrial gases for Nucor Steel’s new direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Convent, La., and has extended its contracts to serve Nucor’s plants in Berkeley County, S.C., and Blytheville, Ark.
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP has been selected to supply Nucor Steel’s new direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Convent, La., and has extended its contracts to serve Nucor’s plants in Berkeley County, S.C., and Blytheville, Ark.
Air Liquide will supply approximately 794 tons (720 tonnes) per day of oxygen to Nucor’s new Convent plant with capacity from its new air separation unit (ASU) in Geismar, La., which serves the local industrial basin via Air Liquide’s Mississippi River Pipeline System. The Berkeley and Blytheville agreements extend the long-term supply of oxygen, nitrogen, and argon by Air Liquide to support the steelmaker’s operations at those locations.
Air Liquide has provided Nucor’s industrial gas requirements since the 1990s. Seven Nucor plants in the U.S. and one in Trinidad are supplied by Air Liquide.
Air Liquide products are used by Nucor and other steelmakers to manufacture steel and DRI. The company is a leader in providing oxygen and related technologies to improve combustion processes that help make production more efficient and environmentally friendly. Air Liquide companies in the U.S. employ about 5000 employees in over 200 locations, and offer industrial gases, equipment, and related services to customers in the large industries, industrial merchant, electronics, and healthcare markets. Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with 43,600 employees.
