Nucor to Build New Smelter in Existing Bar Rolling Mill in Western US | State

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, September 21, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) today announced that its board of directors has approved the construction of a new smelter at one of the company’s existing bar mills in the Western United States. New $ 100 million The smelting workshop will have the capacity to produce 600,000 tonnes per year and create around 140 new full-time jobs, with a start-up scheduled for 2024.
âThe new smelter will help us maintain our leadership position in the steel bar production market and help us meet the anticipated growth in bar products from our customers in the market. Western United States,” noted Dan Needham, executive vice president of bar and rebar fabrication products for Nucor Corporation.
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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