The acme coke plant was a vital part of steel making operations on the south side of chicago, illinois for most of the 20th century. Ak steel ashland works coke plant energy justice network. In 2014, the company acquired steelmaking assets, including a cokemaking facility and interests in 3 joint ventures that. Ak steelsuncoke deal could bring new plant to middletown. Ak steel parent promises to keep significant presence in west chester. Ak steel to close kentucky coke plant daytondailynews. Wsaz investigator still looking into the cause of an explosion and fire that killed a maintenance contractor at the ak steel coke plant in ashland.
Employees at the plant worked the entire year of 2009 without a single osharecordable injury, leading all acccimember companies in safety performance. Ak steel to close kentucky coke plant columbus business. Jan 20, 2018 firefighters with four department were called to the ak steel plant in middletown. The blast furnace, built by armco steel, began operating in 1923. Clevelandcliffs may very well want that property too, so be it, if we had it we would give it to them. Ashland, ky wowk the ak steel s ashland works plant shutdown officially about a month ago. Suncoke supplies coke to ak steel s ashland and dearborn blast furnace operations from its haverhill coke plant under a longterm, takeorpay contract until 2022. West chester, ohiobased steelmaker ak steel announced tuesday that it is permanently closing its ashland, kentucky coke plant in 2011. Jun 23, 2011 slide show of the coke plant through the years. Sep 21, 2017 the firecracker plant cuphea ignea, also called the cigar plant, is a coldtender perennial, flowering, shrublike plant that can grow up to 4 feet tall with singular reddishorange flowers. Jul 16, 2009 an independent arbitrator ordered ak steel to cancel plans to shut down its ashland, ky. Mountain state carbon is located on the ohio river, and in 2017 celebrated its 100 year anniversary in the follansbee, west virginia community.
Gilmore said ak steel closed the coke plant facility along 42nd street in 2010, and the city of ashland was considering buying the 100 acre plot and turning it into an industrial park, before cleveland cliffs ak steel announcement. Had to retire on disability, now spend my time with my seven grandkids. It happened new years eve 2012 at the ak steel coke plant in ashland, ky. The company employs 263 hourly and salaried workers at the coke plant. West chester, ohio, may 07, 2019 globe newswire west chester, oh, may 7, 2019ak steel nyse. I have nine grandkids now five are girls and four boys. Ak steels ashland facility produces its final coil as plant moves to. Photo of a small part of the coke plant at the southeast ak steel complex. The facility is well known for its outstanding furnace coke quality and operators with decades of experience. Procedures for the closure will begin immediately and be completed early in the second quarter of 2011, according to a press release from the company. Mar 24, 2008 ak steel will purchase all of the coke plant s production for at least 20 years, according to a news release.
The employees of ak steel s ashland coke plant have made safety their top priority, said bruce steiner, president of accci. The plant, which produces blastfurnace fuel for the companys iron. Ak steel operates coke batteries in middletown, ohio and ashland, ky. As contractors used torches to prep the base of a stack pipe for. Three years ago, the plant was idled and nearly 700 were laid off but, if they. Ak steels ashland blast furnace back in full operation.
Ak steels middletown works coke plant recognized for. Under the 12year deal,suncoke will provide ak steel with up to 550,000 st of coke annually. At its height, the 700acre plant also featured a coke facility, another. Ak steel announced on tuesday that it will permanently close its ashland coke plant, a move that will result in the loss of 263 highpaying hourly and salaried jobs. Ashland a year after public wrangling over whether state or federal environmental officials should oversee the cleanup of hazardous waste at ak steel s now defunct ashland coke plant, some. The plant produces the blast furnace fuel for the companys iron and steelmaking facility. Ak steel to close kentucky coke plant dec 28, 2010, 11. The companys ashland works facility, located along the ohio river in northeast kentucky, was closed at the end of 2019.
The award recognizes the acccimember coke plant with the best safety record during 2005. Ak steel holding corporation salaries in ashland, ky glassdoor. Mar 29, 2010 ak steel coke plant receives safety award monday, 29 march 2010 12. Ashland, kentucky steel furnace idled world socialist web site. Ashland ak steels plan to close its largely idled ashland works facility by the end of the year is closer to reality after the final operating. Ashland coke plant to close the tribune the tribune. Ak steel permanently shut down its ashland coke plant in 2011 on account of excessively high maintenance costs and also due to increasingly stringent environmental regulations. I hope those would be the place i would work the rest of my life since it had raised me as a child, and i was able to raise my own in the 20 years i was there. An employee at west chester, ohiobased steelmaker ak steel s ashland, kentucky coke plant died thursday during an explosion and fire.
If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact human resources at 5. Dec 02, 2016 the new refinery mainly produced the steel ingots and rail made in ensley. Dec 29, 2010 ak steel announced tuesday it plans to close its ashland, ky. Located along the ohio river in ashland, kentucky, this near700acre facility contains a coke plant, one blast furnace, a basic oxygen furnace, and other production facilities. Ak steel said december 28 that it is permanently closing its ashland, ky. The site has one sixmeter battery and three threemeter batteries. The blast furnace has also been put back into full production.
The company must instead look at other ways of cutting production because the union contract contains a provision to prevent its members from being laid off while other ak steel plants are operating. Ak steel answered the complaint and filed counterclaims ak steel corp. Ashland steel mills closing more sad than surprising kentucky today. Procedures for the closure will begin immediately, the press release states. Aks said today that the companys middletown, ohio coke plant and mountain state carbon coke plant in follansbee, west virginia, have received the max eward safety award for 2017 from the. Wsaz its in the process of shutting down, but thursday an explosion at the ak steel coke plant in ashland left one person dead. United states and the commonwealth of kentucky reach. Risk assessment document for coke oven mact residual risk december 22, 2003. The steel industry has taken a hit and so have the jobs at ak ashland works.
Risk assessment document for coke oven mact residual risk. Ak steel to permanently close coke plant in kentucky reliable plant. Closing the deal on dearborn works could help offset those. Find 2 listings related to ak steel coke plant in middletown on. Ak steel operates coke producing facilities in middletown and ashland, ky. I grew up in the shadow of ak steel ashland works then armco steel.
It also had an outstanding safety record last year and finished second in the industrywide competition for the 2005 award. West chester, oh fox19 ak steel announced tuesday that it is permanently closing its ashland, ky coke plant in 2011. Apr 19, 2016 the ashland plant was idled because of what ak steel calls a flood of unfairly priced steel imports from overseas, which are depressing the market. Armco steel ashland works, now a part of ak steel, is a mostly closed. Ak is a good place to make money but you wont make any friends if you manage their way.
The cigarshaped flowers are usually 1 12 inches long and have rings of violet and white at the tip of each bloom, resembling a lit cigar or firecracker. Aug 21, 20 ak steel shut down the coke plant on june 21, 2011. Ak steel holding corporation is a steelmaking company headquartered in west chester. Ak for almost a year until they had the large layoff at the coke plant and i was low on the. Bricklaying ceremony for new coke plant a milestone event. Ak steel holding corporation is a steelmaking company headquartered in west chester township, butler county, ohio. The ruins of the control room above the main floor.
The coking process involves baking coal in huge ovens to reduce it to a more clean and efficient burning composition, which is then ultimately used as a fuel and reducing agent by blast furnaces. Middletown deputy fire chief tom sauer said the 10. Ashland ak steel will permanently close its coke plant in ashland, according to a press release issued late tuesday morning. It contains a mothballed pigiron blast furnace, basic oxygen furnace, continuous caster, coating line, and other production facilities. Suncoke issues statement regarding temporary idling of ak. West chester, ohio, may 09, 2018 globe newswire ak steel nyse.
Aug 18, 20 ak steel ashland ky coke plant demolitionimplosion 81820. Its the highestcost coke ak makes or purchases, alan mccoy, vice president of government and public relations, said of the ashland coke plant that will close in the second quarter of next year. Ak steel to permanently close coke plant in kentucky. One dead in blast at aks ashland coke plant american. West chester, ohio, may 07, 2019 globe newswire west chester, oh, may 7, 2019 ak steel nyse. Kt the shuttering of the ak steel mill in ashland wasnt surprising. The pay and benefits are outstanding but you will pay for it with the management culture and the workfamily balance. Jul 04, 2014 ak steel coke plant, ashland, kentucky. Ak steelalso inked a supply deal with suncokes new coke plant in middletown, ohio. Although ak steel closed the plant involved in this enforcement action, ak steel is currently operating the ashland west works facility a few miles away from the former coke plant. The company currently has 263 hourly and salaried employees at the coke plant, which produces the blast furnace fuel for the companys iron and steelmaking facility located in ashland. It happened new years eve 2012 at the ak steel coke plant in ashland. A worker was killed in a blast shortly before noon thursday at ak steel holding corp. Remnants of my childhood abandoned abandoned building.
Armco separated its flatrolled steel operations based in middletown and ashland, ky. Find 41 listings related to ak steel coke plant in ashland on. Ak steel reaches agreement on clean air act violations. My father still works at the mill, a shadow of its former self. In 2014, the company acquired steel making assets, including a cokemaking facility and interests in 3 joint ventures that. Ak steel gives final notice to 260 employees at ashland works plant. The shop floor employees, supervisors and area managers are all good people. Ak steel coke plant middletown, ohio local business. Salaries posted anonymously by ak steel holding corporation employees in ashland. The company currently has 263 hourly and salaried employees at the coke plant, which produces the blast furnace fuel for the companys. Tuesday 729 ak s blast furnace will be down for 24 hours maintenance. Marie 1 plant is an independently ownedoperated merchant coke plant. Ak steel announced on tuesday that it was planning massive layoffs at its ashland steel mill and coke plant, and that its local steelmaking operations would be shut down for an indefinite period.
Explosion and fire at ak steel kentucky coke plant leaves one. Ak steel holding corporation aks latest stock news. Ak steel ashland ky coke plant demolitionimplosion 81820. Steve hargrove, plant mgr swva kentucky, llc dba kentucky electric steel 2704 s big run road west ashland, ky 41102. Aug 18, 20 ak steel coke plant implosion 81820 ashland, ky. Ak steel announced tuesday it plans to close its ashland, ky. The company currently has 263 hourly and salaried employees at the coke plant, which produces the blast furnace fuel for the companys iron and steelmaking facility located separately in ashland. Ak steel announced today in a press release that it will temporarily idle its ashland, kentucky operations due to the recent unanticipated and major downturn in. Massive layoff at ak steel by kenneth hart ashland november 11, 2008 06. Jul 12, 2018 earlier in may this year, the companys middletown, ohio coke plant and mountain state carbon coke plant in follansbee, west virginia had received the accci max eward safety award for 2017. Nothing matters more to us at ak steel than safety, said james l.
The companys middletown, ohio, coke plant is a seventime recipient of the max eward award. The ensley steelworks was expanded during world war ii. Ak steel announces fourth quarter and fullyear 2019. Ashland according to its most recent earnings report, ak steel may shut down its ashland coke plant because of environmental infractions at the facility. The cause of the incident is under investigation and there has been no word yet as to how operations at the plant will be affected. By the next day, the mill was operated by 1,800 salaried and temporary replacement workers. Dec 05, 2014 steel maker ak steel said that it has completed the reline of the hearth at its ashland works blast furnace in kentucky. The award recognizes middletown works, along with two other accci member coke.
On march 1, 2006, ak steel began a lockout of about 2,700 workers at the middletown works plant in middletown, ohio. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Newport, chief executive officer of ak steel congratulated the zanesville works and coshocton works for their outstanding safety achievement. Aks said today that the companys middletown, ohio coke plant has received the max eward safety award for 2018 from the american coke and coal chemicals institute accci, a leading industry trade organization. A maintenance contractor employee working at ak steel corp. What tonawanda can learn from other shuttered coke plants the. I worked for ak steel coke plant till i had to retire in 1998. Ak steel shut down the coke plant on june 21, 2011. In 2020, the company was acquired by clevelandcliffs the companys name was derived from the initials of armco, its predecessor company, and kawasaki steel corporation, which contributed several of its production facilities to the company in 1989 in exchange for a large stake in. Ak steel announced tuesday it will close a coke plant that has been a fixture on the ashland skyline and economy for decades. Discipline is directed and micromanaged by the vps or ceo and they are ruthless from their ivory towers. Ak steel announced on tuesday that it will permanently close its ashland coke plant, a move that will result in the loss of. Ak steel coke plant in ashland is scheduled to be closed in 2011 and eliminates over 250 jobs. Ak steel previously reached an agreement to buy metallurgicalgrade cokefrom suncokes haverhill facility in southern ohio.
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