Nucor: Slate Retires, New VP Commercial and Executives Named

MaryEmily Slate, Nucor’s executive vice president of commercial, will retire on June 11 due to health-related issues. Dan Needham, Nucor’s executive vice president of bar, engineered bar and rebar fabrication products, has been named to succeed her. The transition is effective May 15, Nucor said.

Nucor Slate joined Nucor in 2000 as district sales manager of Nucor Steel Arkansas. Over the years, she took on roles with increasing levels of responsibility. Slate was promoted to vice president of Nucor Steel Arkansas in 2015 and has served as executive vice president since 2019.

David Schollaert

David Schollaert is deputy editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. David joined SMU after more than a decade in the metals and mining industry in a myriad of different roles. Much of his early experience and expertise were within the coverage and analysis of steel-making raw materials and served previously as senior editor of the CRU Prices Service. Most recently, however, before his return to market analysis, David held roles as a metals buyer and an operations manager for raw material suppliers. He can be contacted at david@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-720-1008.

David Schollaert

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