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Plant Location and the Advent of Slab Casting by U.S. Steel Minimills: An Observation-Based Analysis

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  • Frank Giarratani
  • Gene Gruver
  • Randall Jackson

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The advent of slab casting for steel that is produced in electric furnaces resulted in a wave of new investments in the construction of steel minimills. From 1989 to 2001, 10 new plants were constructed in the United States on the basis of new technologies. Some were built in established steel industry agglomerations, while others were built in greenfield locations—regions that had little or no prior steelmaking activity. This research brings new evidence to bear on location decisions concerning modern steelmaking. The findings are based on direct observation and visits to the plants of all the new mills that were created by these investments. While the analysis reinforces the importance of transfer costs in decision making, it also argues that critical locational elements cannot be fully understood unless analyses take account of the characteristics of specific products, plants, and firms.

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  • Frank Giarratani & Gene Gruver & Randall Jackson, 2006. "Plant Location and the Advent of Slab Casting by U.S. Steel Minimills: An Observation-Based Analysis," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 82(4), pages 401-419, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:recgxx:v:82:y:2006:i:4:p:401-419
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2006.tb00323.x
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    1. Frank Giarratani & Ravi Madhavan & Gene Gruver, 2013. "Steel industry restructuring and location," Chapters, in: Frank Giarratani & Geoffrey J.D. Hewings & Philip McCann (ed.), Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography, chapter 1, pages 11-37, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Carey Durkin Treado & Frank Giarratani, 2008. "Intermediate Steel-Industry Suppliers in the Pittsburgh Region: A Cluster-Based Analysis of Regional Economic Resilience," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 22(1), pages 63-75, February.

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