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
- Mason County, West Virginia
- Investment
- $3.10B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 800
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Jan 26, 2022
- Expected opening
- Jun 1, 2025
- Added to tracker
- Apr 15, 2025
Sources
Official references
- Primary source https://nucor.com/news/?article=nucor-selects-west-virginia-as-location-for-new-state-of-the-art-sheet-mill-122736
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