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Nucor Holds Grand Opening at Brandenburg Plate Mill

Written by Ethan Bernard

October 8, 2023

Nucor was joined by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear for the steelmaker’s “grand opening” of its $1.7-billion Brandenburg plate manufacturing mill in the state.

The 1.5-million-square-foot operation provides the Charlotte, N.C.-based company with 1.2 million tons of annual capacity for steel plate production, according to a press release from the governor’s office on Oct. 6. The mill is located along the Ohio River in Kentucky’s Meade County.

“Nucor and Kentucky have a longstanding partnership, and I’m excited that we continue to build on that by opening Nucor Steel Brandenburg,” Gov. Beshear said in the release.

Nucor Steel Brandenburg already employs 440 people, the release said. The company cast its first slab on its new continuous caster in March and rolled its first plate in December of last year.

“Congratulations to the Nucor Steel Brandenburg team for safely and successfully starting up our new plate mill, which will make the sustainable steel products that serve as the building blocks of our modern American economy,” said Leon Topalian, Nucor’s chair, president, and CEO.

Ethan Bernard

Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA. in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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