Nucor has 15 bar mills strategically located across United States which manufacture a wide range of steel products, including concrete rebar, hot rolled bar, rounds, lightweight shapes, structural angles, channels, wire rod and road products in carbon steels. carbon and allies. Four of the bar rolling mills have a strong focus on manufacturing SBQ products and wire rod. The steel produced by Nucor bar rolling mills serves many end markets, including the agriculture, automotive, construction, energy, furniture, machinery, steel construction, railways, recreational equipment, shipbuilding, heavy trucks and trailers. Nucor’s bar steel production capacity is estimated at approximately 9.5 million tonnes per year.

Nucor and its subsidiaries are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products manufactured include: carbon and alloy steel – in bars, beams, plates and sheets; tubes of hollow structural section; Electrical conduit; steel shelving; steel piles; steel joists and joists; steel platform; fabricated reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also deals in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct reduction iron; provides ferroalloys; and processes ferrous and non-ferrous waste. Nucor is the largest recycler in North America.

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