# Nucor breaks ground on $1.7B steel plate mill in Brandenburg, Kentucky

Nucor Corp. broke ground on a $1.7 billion steel plate manufacturing mill in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The 1.5 million-square-foot facility will have 1.2 million tons of annual capacity and create 400 full-time jobs. The mill is expected to open in 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-10-23
- Where: Brandenburg, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $1.70B
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.2 million tons per year
- Products: steel plate
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Nucor](https://endata.com/companies/4347.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [lanereport.com](https://www.lanereport.com/132628/2020/10/nucor-breaks-ground-on-400-job-steel-mill-in-brandenburg/), 2020-10-23: "A core part of our company mission is to support the communities where we live and work."
- [sms-group.com](https://www.sms-group.com/press-and-media/press-releases/press-release-detail/nucor-breaks-ground-to-celebrate-the-official-start-of-construction-of-the-new-heavy-plate-production-plant), 2020-11-04: "This is the largest capital investment project in our company’s history and when it is completed and operational, we’ll be one of only two companies that can produce essentially all of the plate sizes consumed in the U.S. today."
- [thefabricator.com](https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/news/metalsmaterials/nucor-breaks-ground-on-17-billion-steel-mill-in-kentucky), 2020-11-10: "Nucor has begun construction on a 1.5-million-sq.-ft. steel plant in Bradenburg, Ky. The $1.7 billion steel plate manufacturing plant is expected to open in 2022 with 400 employees."

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