Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Nucor is scouting the Pacific Northwest to build a rebar micro mill with annual capacity of 650,000 tons, a full range of product sizes, and spooling capabilities for smaller bar. The facility would become the company’s fourth such operation, its template especially tailored to concrete reinforcements and lower cost production than larger steel…
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Nucor plans 430K-ton rebar mill for North Carolina site
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Nucor has confirmed a Lexington, N.C. site for a $350 million concrete rebar mill, construction of which received board approval earlier this year. With a 2024-25 projected start up and 430,000 tons’ annual capacity, the operation will become the company’s third micro rebar mill, alongside recently completed Missouri and Florida facilities. Micro mill…
Read MoreNucor eyes Southeast for $350 million rebar micro mill
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Nucor directors have approved investment of up to $350 million for construction of a rebar micro mill to be located in the South Atlantic region. The facility will join sister Missouri and Florida rebar micro mills, both of which began operations in 2020, and be equipped with spooling capability—a feature affording rebar fabricators…
Read MoreNucor to add net-zero steel option to Harris Rebar stock
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Nucor will make a new net-zero carbon steel available in 2022 across its product lines, including bar sold through concrete reinforcement fabrication, distribution and installation subsidiaries Harris Rebar and Harris Supply Solutions. The net-zero billing reflects the absence or offsetting of carbon dioxide emissions as measured in Environmental Protection Agency-designated Scope 1 (production)…
Read MoreRebar top gun Nucor wires renewable energy into steelmaking loop
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Leading concrete reinforcing steel producer and fabricator Nucor has signed a 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with EDF Renewables North America for 250 megawatts of new solar array-derived energy in Texas. A first for Nucor, the agreement positions EDF Renewables to add more clean energy to the South Central power grid and becomes…
Read MoreNucor unveils plan for $240M Florida rebar mill
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff
Nucor will strengthen its position as a top concrete reinforcing steel producer with the construction of a Frostproof, Fla., micro mill equipped for up to 350,000 tons/year output. It announced the $240 million investment less than four months after committing a similar outlay for a rebar micro mill in Sedalia, Mo.
Read MoreNucor budgets $250M for heartland rebar mill
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff
Following a Missouri Development Finance Board nod, Nucor has confirmed plans for a micro rebar steel mill in Sedalia, Mo. Located about 90 miles east of Kansas City and close to the Interstate 70 corridor, the facility is scheduled for 2019 start up pending award of state and local incentives and permits, plus regulatory approvals.
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