Highbar LLC, a newly formed company focused on sustainable scrap metal recycling and steel production, announced that it has selected a greenfield site in northeast Arkansas to build the first of its two rebar steel mini mills. The mills are designed to be world leaders in terms of energy and water efficiency, labor productivity, and carbon emission reductions.
The Highbar mill in northeast Arkansas will sit on over six hundred acres of property just outside of the town of Osceola. The project will include space for an expanded Mississippi River port facility, a direct Class 1 railroad connection, and a planned adjacent solar installation. Groundbreaking is scheduled to take place in the second quarter of 2023 once final permits are in place and equipment deliveries begin.
The technology for the Highbar mill will be provided by SMS group, a leading supplier to the world’s steel making community. The Highbar project will build on the tremendous successes Dave and his team have had working with SMS to build and expand many of the world’s most successful scrap metal recycling and steel production facilities over the past three decades.
Courtesy of Highbar.