Nucor Steel West Virginia 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 3.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are galvanized, cold rolled, sheet.
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Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
3,000
EAF
3,000
Steel Units
Steel Products
galvanized, cold rolled, sheet
Ownership
Owner Nucor Corp
Parent Nucor Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 800 employees
Country Context
United States crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Mason County
North America
United States
38.6477°, -82.1759°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2026
- Products
- Finished rolled