Nucor Steel Brandenburg plant
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Nucor Steel Brandenburg plant is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Brandenburg, Kentucky, United States.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Brandenburg, Kentucky, United States:
- Location: Buttermilk Falls Industrial Park, Brandenburg, Kentucky, United States
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 37.9999454, -86.1398738 (exact)
Background
The Nucor Steel Brandenburg plant was proposed by Nucor Steel in March 2019. The plant was originally said to cost $1.35 billion and is expected to begin operations in mid-2022, with 400 full-time employes.[1] Nucor announced they would source the electric arc furnace for the plant from the Danieli company.[2] According to Nucor, the intention for building the facility was to give the company the ability to produce 97 percent of the products demanded in the domestic plate market.[3]
Construction of the plant began in October 2020.[4] By this time, the cost of the facility had increased to $1.7 billion.[5]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Construction date | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[6] | 2019-03[7] | 2022[8][9][6] | 400[6][10] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucor Corp [100%] | 4295904636 [100%] | E100001010595 [12.7%]; E100001000348 [8.6%]; E100001010597 [8.5%]; E100001010596 [5.2%] | Nucor Corp[8] | 4295904636 | E100001010181 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[11] | plate; sheet[11] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[12][13] | EAF[8] | 1 EAF[14][15] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1089 TTPA[7][16][8] | 1089 TTPA[7][16][8] |
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References
- ↑ Nucor to Build New Plate Mill in Kentucky, Nucor Corporation, Mar. 27, 2019, Retrieved on: Aug. 19, 2020
- ↑ "Nucor selects Danieli for new Plate Steel Mill Complex". www.danieli.com. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Breakbulk - Nucor Plans Brandenburg Steel Mill". www.breakbulk.com. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Nucor starts work on Brandenburg, Ky. steel mill, WDRB, Oct. 23, 2020
- ↑ "Nucor breaks ground on $1.7 billion, 400-job steel mill in Brandenburg". Lane Report. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://nucor.com/news-release/19471.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221010145420/https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/new-capacity-roundup-september-2022/. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112170718/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nucor-to-build-new-plate-mill-in-kentucky-300819673.html. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220111173338/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221128172612/https://ced.ky.gov/Newsroom/NewsPage/20201023_nucor. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133805/https://www.nucor.com/locations/. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220118112804/https://www.nucor.com/industries-served/. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230123171934/https://nucor.com/news-release/19491. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20191111125950/https://www.danieli.com/en/news-media/news/nucor-selects-danieli-new-plate-steel-mill-complex_37_479.htm. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220126010426/https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2100575-nucor-to-delay-kentucky-investments-update. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 (PDF) https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf.
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