Nucor Corporation manufactures steel and fabricated steel products and is also a major steel recycler. The company says it grew from its first mini mill in 1969 to North America’s largest and most diversified steel manufacturer, with a network of 27 steel mills and more than 300 facilities across North America. Its electric arc furnace steelmaking process uses recycled scrap to make new steel.
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NucorNucor grew from a small Vulcraft operation in 1962 into North America’s largest and most diversified manufacturer of steel and steel products, with recycling at the center of its electric-arc-furnace model. The Charlotte-based company’s 33,000 teammates support a broad family of steel and fabricated-product businesses, while more than 70 scrap recycling centers help turn old infrastructure and other discarded metal into new steel. Nucor’s culture is built around teammate ownership, pay-for-performance and a stated goal of becoming the world’s safest steel company.HALETHORPE, MD
Steel DynamicsFounded in 1993, Steel Dynamics is a U.S. industrial metals producer and recycler operating steel, fabrication, and metals-recycling businesses, with facilities in the United States and Mexico. It makes steel using electric arc furnace technology and recycled ferrous scrap, and has expanded its offerings into aluminum operations.PITTSBURGH, PA
Commercial Metals CompanyFounded in 1915, Commercial Metals Company (CMC) grew from a single-site recycling operation into a manufacturer of steel reinforcing bar and a provider of early-stage construction products and services. Its vertically integrated operations connect scrap-metal recycling and steelmaking with fabrication; the company reports a network of facilities across the United States, Europe and Asia, including more than 60 North American fabrication locations.CHICORA, PA
United States Steel CorporationFor 125 years, United States Steel Corporation has made the steel that goes into bridges, buildings, vehicles and appliances, operating an extensive network of American production sites from its Pittsburgh headquarters. Its footprint spans the full steelmaking chain, from Minnesota iron-ore pellet operations to the 7.5-million-ton Gary Works and the mini-mill operations of Big River Steel. Big River Steel is also the first steel producer in North America to receive ResponsibleSteel site certification, underscoring U. S. Steel’s push toward more sustainable steelmaking.BRADDOCK, PA