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SteelHuger, South CarolinaAnnounced Sep 28, 2022

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Nucor is adding a $425 million galvanizing line at Nucor Steel Berkeley in Huger, South Carolina. The approximately 500,000-ton line will produce wider galvanized sheet for automotive and consumer-durables customers and is expected to create more than 50 permanent jobs. The project remains in commissioning pending a verified operational-start announcement.

Investment
$425.0M
Permanent jobs announced
50
Status
Under Construction
Expected opening
Dec 1, 2025
Why it matters

The steel context.

American steelmakers are building a new generation of electric-arc-furnace mills alongside expanded sheet, plate, rebar and coating lines. Nucor, U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel Dynamics, CMC, BlueScope and Hyundai Steel are adding capacity for automakers, construction and grid infrastructure across the industrial Midwest, Southeast and Southwest.

Project record

At a glance

Company
Nucor
Industry
Steel
Location
Huger, South Carolina
Investment
$425.0M
Permanent jobs announced
50
Status
Under Construction
Announced
Sep 28, 2022
Expected opening
Dec 1, 2025
Added to tracker
Feb 15, 2026
Sources

Official references

  • Primary source
    https://investors.nucor.com/news/news-details/2022/Nucor-to-Construct-Two-Flat-Rolled-Galvanizing-Lines-09-28-2022/default.aspx
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