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California Steel Industries

Fontana, CASince 1984ISO 9001:2015californiasteel.com
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What you can buy

  • Hot-rolled

  • Hot-rolled pickled & oiled

  • Cold-rolled

  • Galvanized

  • Galvannealed

  • High-strength steel

  • Slit coil
  • Cut-to-length sheet
  • Precision strip

Sizes

Hot-rolled
0.0538"–0.500" thick, 36"–72" wide; low and medium carbon and HSLA grades
Pickled & oiled
0.065"–0.250" thick, 36"–60" wide; tension-leveled
Cold-rolled
0.011"–0.134" thick, 36"–60" wide
Galvanized / galvannealed
0.0098"–0.138" thick, 36"–60" wide; zinc coatings G-30 to G-235, galvanneal A-40 to A-60; RoHS-compliant chemical treatment
Rolling capacity
More than 2 million tons of finished steel per year from purchased slab
Galvanizing expansion
Third continuous galvanizing line announced in 2022 (400,000 tons per year), bringing hot-dip galvanizing capacity to 1.2 million tons per year

About California Steel Industries

California Steel Industries (CSI) is a flat-rolled steel converter in Fontana, California, operating since 1984 on the former Kaiser Steel site. It does not melt steel; it rolls slab purchased from suppliers worldwide on an 86-inch hot strip mill, then pickles, cold-reduces, anneals, temper-rolls and hot-dip galvanizes it. It sells hot-rolled, pickled and oiled, cold-rolled, galvanized and galvannealed coil to construction, energy, HVAC, agriculture and service center markets.

Processing
Slitting, Shearing, Temper rolling, Cold rolling, Pickling
Industries served
Residential and commercial construction, Steel framing, roofing, decking and metal lath, Water, gas and oil pipelines, Automotive, Tubing, HVAC, Agriculture, Service centers
Certifications
ISO 9001:2015, API Q1
Ownership
Joint venture of Nucor Corporation (majority) and JFE Steel

Location

  • Fontana, CA

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