| Encompassing over 2000 acres, the operations of the Sparrows Point Division have access to the Atlantic Ocean with their location on the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, Maryland. The principal products of the division are hot rolled and cold rolled sheets, tin mill products, galvanized sheet and Galvalume� sheet. Principal facilities include a sintering plant, a large blast furnace, two basic oxygen furnaces with an annual raw steel production capability of approximately 3.5 million tons, a two strand continuous slab caster with a present annual production capability of approximately 3.5 million tons, a 68-inch hot-strip mill, three cold reducing mills (66-inch, 56-inch and 48-inch), continuous and batch annealing facilities, a galvanizing line, two Galvalume� lines, a 48-inch hot-dip galvanizing line and tin mill facilities. Sparrows Point obtains coke from various commercial sources. The Division continuously casts essentially 100 percent of its total production volume. Nearly every production unit set records in 1997, while improving quality and on-time deliveries for customers. |
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