Big River Steel
Big River Steel, led by steel veteran John Correnti, plans to build a more than US$1 billion flatrolled steel mill in Mississippi County, Ark., to serve the automotive, oil and gas and electrical energy markets.
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Big River Rolls On – On Its Own
08 November 2018 - Big River Steel, the technology company that happens to make steel, will be doing so independently, the company has said.
Big River Decides to Expand Arkansas Mill, Considers Additional Automotive Sheet Investment
02 July 2018 - Big River Steel has decided to double down on its investment in Arkansas and expand its existing facility to 3.3 million tons annually. Meanwhile, it separately is considering whether to build an advanced coating line, the company has announced.
Big River CCO Steps Aside
18 May 2018 - Big River Steel chief commercial officer Mark Bula is leaving the company to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities, the steelmaker has announced.
Big River Might Make Expansion Decision Soon
20 March 2018 - Big River Steel executive Mark Bula said he believes his company will make the call on an expansion sometime this year.
Digitalization R&D Project Could Lead to Enhanced Production Scheduling at Big River
12 March 2018 - SMS group and a German university have launched a research and development project that focuses on automating production planning at Big River Steel.
Steel Processor to Set Up Shop at Big River Steel
15 February 2018 - An Illinois-based private equity firm has plans to build a sheet processing plant at Big River Steel, the firm announced on Thursday.
Big River Closes on US$1 Billion in Financing
24 August 2017 - Arkansas-based Big River Steel LLC has obtained more than US$1.2 billion in new financing, the company said Thursday.
Big River's Newest Employee Is a Supercomputer
20 March 2017 - Big River Steel has contracted with a Silicon Valley start-up that will incorporate its supercomputer-powered machine learning technology into the steelmaker’s day-to-day operations, the companies announced on Monday.
Open for Business: Executives Cut the Ribbon on America's Newest Steel Mill
01 March 2017 - To measure the significance of Big River Steel’s newly opened mill in Arkansas, you could weigh its current annual capacity, about 1.65 million tons. Or, you could count the money that has been invested in the facility, about US$1.3 billion.
Big River Disclosed Its First-Month's Production. It's A Lot.
09 February 2017 - Start-up Big River Steel produced 63,000 tons of hot-rolled coil in January, its first full month of production, the company has announced.
Big River Rolls Out Its First Coil
14 December 2016 - Big River Steel has fired up the meltshop and hot mill at its US$1.3 billion facility and has produced its first coil, the steelmaker announced on Wednesday.
Ferriola Confident Big River Won't Drain Nucor's Business
21 October 2016 - Nucor Corp. is prepared to battle start-up Big River Steel, and, in fact, believes it has the upper hand on its new competitor, Nucor chief executive John Ferriola said Thursday.
SMS Opens New U.S. Service Center, Dedicated Roll Shops
06 October 2016 - SMS Technical Services has opened a new repair and maintenance shop in Arkansas to serve the Big River Steel facility and other regional steelmakers, the company has announced.
Big River Begins Switching On Production Lines at New Mill
18 March 2016 - Big River Steel has commissioned its batch anneal furnaces and skin pass mill and has begun processing steel at its new mill in Arkansas, the company announced.
State Appeals Court Upholds Air Permit for New U.S. Mill
10 December 2015 - An Arkansas appeals court has rejected a legal challenge to the air permit issued to a US$1.3-billion steel mill being built in the state, according to reports.
Big River Steel Continuing to Push Toward 2016 Start-Up
16 November 2015 - The founder of a new U.S. mill has died and the governor who initially supported the project is no longer in office, but the Big River Steel project is continuing to progress toward a planned start-up in late summer or early fall of 2016, reports the weekly business journal Arkansas Business.
Court Hears Environmental Challenge to New Mill's Air Permit
29 October 2015 - An Arkansas, USA, appeals court is weighing whether a state agency properly issued an air emissions permit for Big River Steel’s new “flex” mill that’s now under construction, according to reports.
Big River Steel Names New Chairman, CEO
20 August 2015 - Big River Steel, the new company building a US$1.3 billion mill in Arkansas, has named a new board chairman and appointed a new CEO following the sudden death of founder John Correnti, who held both of those positions. It also has named a new board director, the company has announced.
Funeral Arrangements Set For Big River Steel CEO John Correnti
20 August 2015 - Funeral arrangements for Big River Steel CEO John Correnti, who died suddenly on 18 August, have been announced.
Steel Industry Veteran Executive John Correnti Dies Suddenly
19 August 2015 - Steel industry leader and visionary John Correnti, who was instrumental in establishing several new steel mills in the U.S., died suddenly in Chicago on 18 August. He was 68.
