# Nucor to build $176M galvanizing line at Kentucky sheet mill

Nucor Corporation is investing $176 million to build a hot band galvanizing and pickling line at its Nucor Steel Gallatin sheet mill in Ghent, Kentucky. The line will have an annual capacity of 500,000 tons and create 75 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-25
- Where: Ghent, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $176.0M
- Jobs: 75
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500,000 tons per year
- Products: hot band galvanized steel
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Nucor](https://endata.com/companies/4347.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nucor-to-build-galvanizing-line-at-its-kentucky-sheet-mill-300463999.html), 2017-05-25: "The addition of a hot band galvanizing line at Nucor Steel Gallatin supports our automotive growth strategy."

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