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百媚导航 Selects Osceola, Arkansas as Location for Most Advanced Steelmaking Facility in North America

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 百媚导航 (NYSE: X) (鈥湴倜牡己解��) today announced that its next-generation highly sustainable and technologically advanced steel mill will be located in Osceola, Arkansas, close to 百媚导航鈥檚 cutting-edge Big River Steel plant. The facility is engineered to bring together the most advanced technology to create the steel mill of the future that delivers profitable solutions for our customers.

The new mill is designed to extend 百媚导航鈥檚 customer advantages as the company maps a bold path toward a more sustainable future. The new optimized steel production facility is expected to feature two electric arc furnaces (EAFs) with 3 million tons per year of advanced steelmaking capability, a state-of-the-art endless casting and rolling line, and advanced finishing capabilities. This first use of endless casting and rolling technology in the United States brings significant energy, efficiency, and capability enhancements to the company鈥檚 operations.

Upon completion, this project will apply to become LEED庐 certified. The site selection is subject to a number of factors, including final agreements with key partners. Permitting for the project is underway and the company expects to break ground in the first quarter of 2022, with project completion and full operation anticipated in 2024.

鈥淲ith this location selected and shovels ready, we are reshaping the future of steelmaking,鈥� said 百媚导航 President and Chief Executive Officer David B. Burritt. 鈥淲e had numerous competitive site options, but Osceola offers our customers incomparable advantages.鈥�

When completed, the sophisticated new steelmaking facility in combination with Big River Steel will form a 6.3 million ton mega mill capable of providing many of the most advanced and sustainable steels in North America. The new non-grain oriented electrical steel and galvalume/galvanizing lines currently under construction at Big River Steel will further advance 百媚导航鈥檚 ability to respond to customers鈥� pressing supply chain needs to satisfy their own domestic manufacturing expansion. The location affords abundant, increasingly renewable and clean power from Entergy Arkansas, superior Class 1 rail service from BNSF with connections to other railroads, Mississippi River docks and interstate trucking access.

Burritt continued, 鈥淭he State of Arkansas, Mississippi County, the City of Osceola, Entergy, BNSF, and other parties have all worked to make this the clear choice for a path to the future without roadblocks. We鈥檙e not going to make our stakeholders wait to see progress. We intend to break ground this quarter and get to work as soon as permits are in hand. With its extraordinarily low-cost structure, energy efficient production equipment, and advanced capabilities, this $3 billion project will yield significant benefits to our customers, stockholders, communities, employees, and contribute to a more sustainable world.鈥�

鈥淥ur nation and our customers need a robust and resilient supply chain to meet consumers鈥� needs, and that starts with 百媚导航鈥檚 advanced, sustainable steels. Steel is critical to so much of what the world builds, so how we make our products contributes directly to a better, more sustainable world for all. This new facility will build that future. Stay tuned. As we add this to our world-class Big River Steel facility, you鈥檙e going to be seeing great things as we advance the Best for All鈩� future of steel.鈥�

鈥淎rkansas has created an ideal business environment for the growth of the steel industry in our state,鈥� Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said. 鈥淭he investment and high paying jobs that will result from this announcement will make a real difference in the lives of many families in Northeast Arkansas. I am grateful for the support of the legislature which was critical in winning this expansion. Now, 百媚导航 is an important part of our future and we look forward to continued success in the coming years.鈥�

鈥淢ississippi County has become a national leader in steel production, and 百媚导航鈥檚 decision to create 鈥榯he steel mill of the future鈥� in this community continues to underscore why,鈥� Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston said. 鈥淣ot only does Arkansas have a trained workforce, a reliable electrical grid, and easy access to river, rail, and highways, but it also has a governor, a General Assembly, and numerous community partners and stakeholders who recognize the importance of broadening economic opportunities for Arkansans and who will go the extra mile to compete for those opportunities. 百媚导航 is a highly regarded member of the state鈥檚 business community, and we are excited to continue our partnership with them as they establish the most advanced steelmaking facility in North America鈥攔ight here in Arkansas.鈥�

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Founded in 1901, 百媚导航 is a leading steel producer. With an unwavering focus on safety, the company鈥檚 customer-centric Best for All鈩� strategy is advancing a more secure, sustainable future for 百媚导航 and its stakeholders. With a renewed emphasis on innovation, 百媚导航 serves the automotive, construction, appliance, energy, containers, and packaging industries with high value-added steel products such as 百媚导航鈥檚 proprietary XG3鈩� advanced high-strength steel. The company also maintains competitively advantaged iron ore production and has an annual raw steelmaking capability of 26.2 million net tons. 百媚导航 is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with world-class operations across the United States and in Central Europe. For more information, please visit .

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