Miami Steel is a private company developing a micro steel mill in South Florida that will employ clean, state of the art technology to recycle scrap metal into finished steel products.
As the first and only steel mill in South Florida, Miami Steel will serve as a key partner to local steel product consumers as well as the Miami-Dade County community.
South Florida produces c.150,000 tons of scrap metal per month which is currently shipped across long distances for repurposing.
Proximity to scrap sources and end users is expected to reduce diesel consumption by about 2,400,000 gallons each year.
South Florida municipalities have embraced sustainable building practices which will require increased amounts of green steel.
Miami Steel, in collaboration with a local utility, will employ nuclear and solar electricity to cover a large percentage of its electricity needs.
Potential to reduce GHG emissions by 75% through identified green enhancements that can be implemented swiftly such as lime recycling off gas recovery, substitution of natural gas with green hydrogen, and the use of plastic granules.
Miami Steel is working with the County to develop a curriculum and training program to train employees from the surrounding distressed areas (including veterans and formerly incarcerated).
Miami Steel's state-of-the-art equipment is designed to keep carbon emissions at record low levels.
Creation of more than 180 well-paying, direct jobs in a region with high unemployment, including employment and training of US Military Veterans and those formerly incarcerated.