Nucor to Commission Gallatin Expansion in June, New Plate Mill on Track

Nucor expects to complete the $650 million expansion and upgrade of its Gallatin sheet mill in Ghent, Ky., in June, company executives said.

And the Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker’s new $1.35 billion plate mill in Brandenburg, Ky. – slated to have annual capacity of 1.2 million tons – remains on track to start up late in the fourth quarter of this year with “meaningful production” in the first quarter of 2023.

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