Nucor Steel Norfolk 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 1.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1979
Emissions
2025
0.1 Mt CO₂e
0.14 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
1,088
EAF
1,088
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
bar
Ownership
Owner Nucor Corp
Parent Nucor Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 500 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Norfolk
North America
United States
42.0789°, -97.3609°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,088 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1979
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded