Nucor 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.
Nucor CorporationNucor 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.WEST HAZLETON, PA
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
River Metals RecyclingFormed in 1998 from a group of Kentucky scrap yards, River Metals Recycling buys and recycles ferrous, nonferrous, electronic and other scrap metal for households and businesses. The Cincinnati-based company now operates recycling facilities across five states and provides industrial collection, transportation and processing services. RMR is a wholly owned venture of The David J. Joseph Company, whose recycling history dates to 1885, and is part of Nucor’s family of companies.CINCINNATI, OH