<article><p class="lead">Electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaker Steel Dynamics (SDI) has melted its first coil at its delayed Texas flat-rolled steel mill. </p><p>SDI produced a 45 short ton (st) coil that was melted, cast, and rolled through their 84 inch wide mill, according to a LinkedIn post. The 3mn st/yr flat-rolled mill will be able to produce hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), and hot-dipped galvanized (HDG) products.</p><p>With at least six on-site processors with 1.8mn st/yr of consumption capacity, the majority of the mill's production may never leave the campus.</p><p>When Sinton was chosen by SDI for the new mill in July 2019, the plant was expected to <a href="https://metals.argusmedia.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/1944464">start up in mid-2021</a>. The Covid-19 pandemic, which began in earnest in the US in March 2020, caused numerous delays from troubles finding labor to equipment. Weather also played a large role, with rain storms causing further delays in 2021.</p><p>Sinton is <a href="https://metals.argusmedia.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/2294978">expected to produce</a> 2mn st of steel in 2022, and <a href="https://metals.argusmedia.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/2295352">reach its full 250,000 st/month production capacity</a> by the fourth quarter.</p><p class="bylines">By Rye Druzin</p></article>
