CMC = Commercial Metals Company [cmc]
The mill is served by NS/Southern
But it is hard to see the interesting buildings. Is the fence because of fear of industrial espionage or fear of someone seeing an OSHA and/or EPA violation?
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| Carl G Davis posted Knoxville Iron Company moved to this location in 1903 and is still in operation today by CMC. Was owned by different Companies over the years. Today many retired and past employees meet for lunch on Fridays continuing our comradeship and catching up on old friends. Many employees worked at the mill for up to forty plus years becoming like family. Robert Ritchie: This is a good thing you do. Over my career I watched a lot of senior guys approach retirement with unspoken fear. Indeed U was startled to learn in my craft the life expectancy at retirement was two and one half years. Guys would take thier pension and just go home to die. What you are doing here becomes a huge part of filling a deadly void. For as many old guys that attend your functions there is a very personal reason for all who attend. |
"Our mills produce steel long products including rebar, angles, channels, flats, rounds, squares, post, wire rod and other special sections." The difference between a mini-mill and a micro-mill is that a micro-mill does not produce billets. The steel goes from the continuous caster through an induction furnace into the rolling stands. [cmc-products] Two of their main products are rebar and fence posts.
The pretty blue buildings are on the south side. The more interesting buildings are on the north side.
This is one of four rebar mills that CMC (Texas) bought from Gerdau (Brazil) in 2018. "The Knoxville mill employs 237, paying $21 million in wages and producing 600,000 tons of rebar per year, according to a company fact sheet. It was founded in 1865 and has operated under a succession of owners." [KnoxNews]
"The acquisition includes 33 rebar fabrication facilities in the United States as well as electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills in Knoxville, Tennessee; Jacksonville, Florida; Sayreville, New Jersey; and Rancho Cucamonga, California. Combined, the mills have annual rolling capacity of 2.5 million tons. After adding Gerdau’s melt shop capacity, CMC will have around 7.2 million tons of global melt capacity at its disposal." [RecyclingToday]
I was surprised that the street view driver was able to get past the gate. He drove all the way to the building we see on the far left in this view.
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| Street View, Dec 2015 |
The pretty blue buildings are on the south side. The more interesting buildings are on the north side.
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| 3D Satellite, looking South |
But it is hard to see the interesting buildings. Is the fence because of fear of industrial espionage or fear of someone seeing an OSHA and/or EPA violation?
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