Nucor Corp. will pursue LEED v4 certification for its new plate mill in Brandenburg, Ky. The $1.7 billion mill is expected to begin production at the end of 2022 and will ultimately produce 1.2 million tons of steel annually.

Nucor Corp. will invest $200 million over five years in a mill modernization project at its Nucor Steel Berkeley division in Huger, S.C. A portion of the investment will include the construction of a new air separation unit for the purpose of supplying industrial gases for the mill’s steelmaking operations.

Demand and pricing for steel plate have held up well through the first half. The latter may start to dip ?even if consumption remains solid.

Kloeckner will build a facility for plate processing on the campus of Nucor’s new Brandenburg, Ky., plate operation. The announcement was made by the service center company’s corporate parent, Klöckner & Co.

Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, N.C., will add a new melt shop at its bar mill in Kingman, Ariz. The new $100 million melt shop will have the capacity to produce 600,000 tons annually. Construction of the melt shop is expected to take two years pending permit and regulatory approvals.

Nucor reported net earnings of a record $2.56 billion in the second quarter. The Charlotte, N.C.-based minimill had reported net earnings of $2.1 billion in the prior quarter and $1.51 billion in the same quarter last year.

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., will acquire Summit Utility Structures LLC and related company, Sovereign Steel Manufacturing LLC, producers of metal poles and other steel structures for utility infrastructure and highway signage. These companies will become part of a new business unit, Nucor Towers & Structures, serving the utility, transportation and telecommunication sectors.

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., will acquire C.H.I. Overhead Doors from the investment fund managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. C.H.I. is a leading manufacturer of overhead doors for residential and commercial markets in the U.S. and Canada. The transaction is valued at $3 billion.

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, reported net earnings of $2.1 billion for the first three months of 2022, making it the most profitable first quarter in the company’s history. Nucor’s earnings in the prior quarter totaled $2.25 billion, but first quarter 2021 earnings were less than half those figures at $942.4 million.

The chairman of the nation’s largest flat-rolled producer kicked off three-day FMA Annual Meeting with his take on the state of the steel industry.

Charlotte-based Nucor Corp., will build a new rebar micro mill in its home state in Lexington, N.C. This will be Nucor's third rebar micro mill, joining existing facilities in Missouri and Florida.

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has acquired steel racking manufacturer Elite Storage Solutions for $75 million. This acquisition expands Nucor's steel racking capabilities and builds on the company's acquisition of Hannibal Industries last year. Elite Storage Solutions employs 180 full-time teammates at locations in Monroe, Ga., and Chandler, Ariz.

ANDRITZ has started up a new galvanizing line it supplied to Nucor Steel Arkansas in Hickman. The first galvanized coil was procued on schedule in January.

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., will invest $290 million to expand the product capabilities of its Crawfordsville, Ind., sheet mill. Nucor will add a construction grade continuous galvanizing line and prepaint line at the facility. The investment is expected to take two years to complete.

Prepainted coils are understandably popular, thanks to their durability, corrosion resistance, and tantalizing colors and patterns.

Nucor Corp. will build its new sheet mill in Mason County, W.Va. The West Virginia location on the Ohio River provides Nucor with important transportation and logistics advantages, and a strengthened ability to serve customers in the Midwest and Northeast, the two largest sheet-consuming regions in the U.S.

The metals supply chain followed up the pandemic-dominated 2020 with a 12-month span that was even more unpredictable. Low stock levels were the rules for most metals warehouses.

The Wheatland Tube division of Zekelman Industries filed a request for the U.S. Department of Commerce to conduct an anticircumvention inquiry regarding circular welded pipe that is completed in Oman and the United Arab Emirates using hot-rolled steel manufactured in India. The request seeks to have Commerce issue a determination that such merchandise is circumventing the existing antidumping duty order on CWP from India and, therefore, should be covered by that order.