Nucor Steel Gallatin is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 2.7 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil.
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Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1995
Emissions
2025
0.81 Mt CO₂e
0.43 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
2,722
EAF
2,722
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power In August 2023, Nucor Corp announced a power purchase agreement to purchase 250MW from Sebree Solar, NextEra’s upcoming 400 MW solar project to be built in Henderson County, Ky.,
Steel Products
coil
Ownership
Owner Nucor Corp
Parent Nucor Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 700 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Ghent
North America
United States
38.7599°, -84.9962°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,722 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1995
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded