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SMS Awarded Mill Services Scrap & Slag Management Contract At NLMK USA Portage, IN

SMS Mill Services, LLC, announced that it has successfully entered into a multiyear contract at NLMK USA’s facility in Portage, Indiana. The long-term contract will include scrap receiving, scrap pile maintenance, scrap delivery to the melt shop, under furnace slag digging, slag processing, metal recovery and other miscellaneous services.

“This award demonstrates confidence in the SMS Mill Services team and is the third award in 2023 for a range of activities all that fall with our core competence. SMS brings added value though its expertise in scrap management along with its increasing presence in slag handling and processing. Bringing new ideas into the traditional Mill Service activities has differentiated SMS from its competitors and this has been recognized by the NLMK leadership team that we are extremely proud of,” said Jeremy Kirchin, CEO of SMS.

NLMK USA headquartered in Portage, Indiana, is one of the leading steel companies in the United States. With production sites at NLMK Indiana, NLMK Pennsylvania and Sharon Coating (NLMK Pennsylvania’s galvanizing operations), they produce flat rolled steel that is essential to modern manufacturing. They supply high quality steel coils to the construction, automotive, pipe and tube, and heavy equipment industries in the United States.

 SMS Mill Services, LLC, operates scrap processing, steel mill services, ship dismantlement and recycling, intermodal/truck/railcar dismantling facilities throughout the United States, Europe and Brazil. SMS provides full-service scrap management, consulting and purchasing services to industrial scrap generators both domestically and internationally. SMS is also a supplier of ferrous and nonferrous scrap commodities to both domestic and international consumers.

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