Nucor’s Steel Plate Mill In Brandenburg, KY Set To Roll On Ohio River
Here is a great article from Seth at The News Enterprise
- By SETH DUKES THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE Sep 9, 2022
Announced in March of 2019, Nucor broke ground on the $1.7 billion project in October of 2020. Once completed, approximately 1.5 million square feet will be under roof in the Buttermilk Falls Industrial Park along the Ohio River, and the facility will be able to produce 1.2 million tons of finished steel plate products annually.
“We will be able to service about 97% of the product breadth currently available in the plate market,” said Johnny Jacobs, vice president and general manager. “We’re also very excited that the products coming out of this facility will play an important role in renewable energy, especially in offshore wind.”
Nucor is not only the largest steel producer in the U.S., but also the country’s largest recycler.
“About 75% of our finished goods will come from recyclable scrap metals,” Jacobs said. “Our process is one of the greenest processes in steelmaking there is.”
