Nucor Steel Kankakee plant

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Nucor Steel Kankakee plant, also known as Nucor Steel Bourbonnais, Nucor Steel Illinois, Birmingham Steel Kankakee (predecessor), is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States.

Location

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  • Location: One Nucor Way, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 41.180734, -87.856196 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[1] 1961[2] 350[3]

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 [100.0%] 4295904636 [100%] E100001010595 [12.7%]; E100001000348 [8.6%]; E100001010597 [8.5%]; E100001010596 [5.2%] Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc[1] 5000142556 E100001010197

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[4] bar; grating[4] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[5] 2021[6] EAF[7] 1 EAF (began in 1998)[8]

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 780 TTPA[9][8] 780 TTPA[9][8]

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References

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  5. 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)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20221031135419/https://nucor.com/certifications. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230922144751/https://vanlaansupply.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Buy-America.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2023 AIST Electric Arc Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921230942/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/list-maps-steelmakers-us-canada-mexico/. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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