# Nucor invests $650M to expand Gallatin mill in Kentucky

Nucor is investing $650 million to expand its Ghent, Kentucky mill (formerly Gallatin Steel), nearly doubling annual capacity from 1.6 million to 3 million tons and increasing maximum coil width to 73 inches.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-11-20
- Where: Ghent, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $650.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3 million tons per year
- Products: AHSS grades, API line pipe grades, added-value steel grades
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Nucor](https://endata.com/companies/4347.md)
- [Danieli](https://endata.com/companies/15743.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [steelmarketupdate.com](https://www.steelmarketupdate.com/2018/11/20/nucor-investment-to-transform-gallatin-mill/), 2018-11-20: "The project will nearly double the annual production capability of Nucor Gallatin from 1.6 million tons to 3 million tons."

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