Current Status
Algoma currently is the second largest steel producer in Canada. It is the largest employer in Sault Ste. Marie and currently has 2800 employees at the main plant. Algoma now produces hot and cold rolled steel (i.e. sheet and plate.
Algoma's products are used in the automotive, construction, energy, manufacturing, pipe and tube, and steel distribution industries.
On June 15, 2009, Essar Steel Algoma successfully started up a new, 70 MW Co-generation Facility. The co-generation facility converts by-product fuels from the coke making and iron making processes into electricity and steam for the steelworks.
It features two 375,000 lb/hr boilers and a 105MW turbine combined with other related components such as a generator, a blast furnace gas holder, condensate and feed-water systems, a water treatment plant, a cooling tower, a transformer, and a distributed control system. Essar has set a precedent as the first integrated steel manufacturer in Canada to construct a co-generation facility fueled with by-product gas from the operation.
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