Nucor Steel Hertford plant

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Nucor Steel Hertford plant, also known as Nucor Steel Cofield, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Cofield, North Carolina, United States.

Location

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  • Location: 1505 River Road, Cofield, North Carolina 27922, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.353006, -76.811471 (exact)

Background

The Nucor Steel Hertford plant began operating in 2000, producing plate for products ranging from railroad tank cars to armored personnel carriers.[1] The plant cost around $300 million to build.[2] In 2012, the plant recycled 1.45 million metric tonnes of scrap metal.[3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[4] 2000[5] 500[6]

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[4] 4295904636 E100001010181

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished[5] plate[5] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[7] 2021[8] EAF[9] 1 EAF (began in 2000)[10]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1542 TTPA[10] 1542 TTPA[10]

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References

  1. "Nucor History". www.nucor.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  2. "New Territory for Nucor". Recycling Today. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  3. "Fireworks: Nucor Steel Plant in Hertford Growing". Virginian-Pilot. 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2021-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 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)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133742/https://www.nucor.com/history/. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.linkedin.com/company/nucor-steel-hertford-county/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 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)
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318233903/https://assets.ctfassets.net/aax1cfbwhqog/1kXEoiNENwpzn1Bh4GYSqY/dc38cac3d3711a34317ec4abe287a63c/SRI_Certificate_of_Registration.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294174813_Optimization_of_Nucor_Steel_-_Hertford_County's_ConsteelR_and_DC_EAF_operations. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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