Nucor Slates Extended Outage at Gallatin, Sees $$$ in Green Steel

Nucor Corp. plans to take a 25-day outage at its Gallatin sheet mill in Ghent., Ky., for final equipment installation for a hot-rolled capacity expansion there.

The outage will begin on Nov. 23. Once it is completed, the new electric-arc furnace (EAF) and related equipment will be commissioned, company executives said during an earnings conference call on Thursday, Oct. 21.

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