Sustainable rebar production
Hybar LLC, a new scrap metal recycling and steel production company focused on environmental steel production, has placed an order to build new rebar minimills in the United States. The first rebar mill will be built on a site just outside of Osceola, Arkansas, USA, and site selection activities are underway for the other two locations.
The minimill will feature SMS group’s CMT® (Continuous Minimill Technology) a low-emission and energy-efficient steelmaking system that supplies liquid steel to a high-speed caster that directly feeds the rolling mill in a single, highly reliable process. Efficiency is increased by the SMS group’s AURA DC (Advanced Unit Rectifier Assembly) powered electric arc furnace with All-charge continuous feeding system and robotic solutions that improve labor efficiency.
SMS Concast will be supplying a high-speed single strand caster and the link to the rolling mill will be through an induction equalization furnace provided by SMS Elotherm. The rebar mill is equipped with fourteen housing-less stands and an eight-pass MEERdrive® high-speed finishing block. SMS group’s quenching and soft cooling TMbaR thermo-processing systems will be incorporated into the rebar mill. The minimill will have Industry 4.0 digital solutions and AI-controlled processes to be future-ready to take advantage of digitalization from start-up. The design is such that natural gas is not required during the production process, a first of its kind, achieving an extremely low carbon footprint and up to a 50 % reduction in emissions compared to other leading rebar mills.
SMS has been and continues to be at the forefront of advancing the world’s steel industry in terms of operating efficiency, ever increasing quality capabilities and environmental sustainability. I fully expect the SMS-supplied rebar minimill to build on the tremendous success my partners and I have had developing many of the finest scrap metal recycling and steel production facilities in the world while using SMS technology.
Main data
- Supply: Steelmaking plant and CMT® for rebar production
- Status: New order, start-up in 2025
- Highlight: 50% reduction of emissions compared to other leading rebar mills