Nucor (NUE)
Recycles scrap into steel and downstream products for construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing.
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Nucor melts scrap into steel, then turns some of that steel into parts for buildings, roads, factories and vehicles. Basic mill products still carry the business, while finished construction systems offer more value per ton. Its biggest bet is a huge new sheet mill, but earnings and cash still swing with steel prices, material costs and how full the mills are.
Item facts: FY2025 · year ended Dec 31, 2025, from filings, earnings calls and company pages.
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Bar Steel
Long steel for concrete reinforcement and industrial parts. Shipments rose 11% in the second quarter of 2026; construction activity and the gap between scrap cost and selling price decide whether that volume pays.
Competes with Rebar and merchant bar (Commercial Metals Company) · Merchant bar, rebar and special bar quality steel (Gerdau)
In plain English
Think of the steel skeleton hidden inside concrete. Nucor makes reinforcing bar—the ribbed rods that help concrete resist pulling—as well as straight bars used in machinery and other industrial goods.
Contractors, metal shapers and equipment makers buy it by the ton. Nucor melts scrap, rolls the metal into long shapes and also sends some to its own cutting and bending shops. More construction and factory work fills the mills; slower projects or expensive scrap squeeze what Nucor keeps on each ton.
Structural Steel
Beams and piling for buildings, bridges and industrial sites. The order queue was 58% larger year over year in October 2025; the watchpoint is whether project demand keeps the two mills busy.
Competes with Structural and rail products (Steel Dynamics) · Beams and piling (Gerdau)
In plain English
The giant I-shaped beams holding up a warehouse or bridge begin here. Two Nucor mills roll recycled metal into wide beams, foundation piles and related shapes that builders can cut and bolt into a frame.
Steel sellers, building-frame specialists and contractors pay for those shapes when a project is ready to move. Because heavy beams are costly to haul, nearby demand and imports matter almost as much as the metal price. A deep order queue gives the mills work ahead, but delays in big building or bridge projects can empty it quickly.
Plate Steel
Thick flat steel for bridges, ships, pipes, wind towers and heavy machines. Three mills provide 3.6 million tons of yearly capacity; the newer Brandenburg mill must keep lifting shipments and win customer approval for harder products.
Competes with Commercial plate and coil (SSAB Americas) · Carbon plate (JSW Steel USA)
In plain English
Plate is the heavy, flat steel you might picture as the side of a ship rather than the skin of a car. Nucor rolls it wide and thick enough for bridge sections, large pipes, wind towers and earth-moving machines.
Shipyards, bridge builders, pipe makers and equipment factories pay by the ton and by the difficulty of the steel they need. The newer Brandenburg mill can make wider, thicker pieces, opening work the older mills could not handle. It only earns that promise as buyers approve the material and place enough orders to fill the added machinery.
Other Steel Products
A $3.52 billion collection of buildings, insulated panels, data-center equipment, doors, utility structures and smaller steel products. The opportunity is strong project demand; the blind spot is that sales for each constituent remain undisclosed.
Competes with Insulated Panels (Kingspan) · Utility transmission structures (Valmont Utility)
In plain English
This is Nucor's crowded workshop shelf: metal buildings, insulated walls, equipment racks and raised floors for data centers, doors, power-line structures, foundation piles, wire and fasteners all sit together.
Developers, utilities and contractors buy a finished piece or system rather than plain steel. That lets Nucor put its own sheet, plate and bar through more steps before selling it, keeping more value from each ton. Demand from data centers and power-grid work is pulling attention toward the group, but outsiders cannot see which individual product supplies how much money.
Vulcraft/Verco — Joist and Deck
Engineered floor and roof supports generated an estimated $3.47 billion in FY2025 sales. In October 2025, the order queue was 25% larger than a year earlier; fixed-price bids make steel cost and job timing crucial.
Competes with New Millennium Steel Joist and Deck (Steel Dynamics) · Joists and deck (Canam)
In plain English
Look up in a big-box store and the open web of steel under the roof is this business. Vulcraft and Verco design and make those joists, the larger beams supporting them, metal floor and roof decking, and grating.
Builders ask several suppliers to bid on a job, and the winning price is usually fixed. Nucor then designs each piece, supplies much of the steel itself and delivers it when the site is ready. A healthy order queue brings work forward, but a cost jump or construction delay can turn a seemingly good bid into thinner profit.
Nucor Rebar Fabrication
Shops that turn reinforcing bar into ready-to-place shapes produced $1.91 billion of FY2025 sales. Public and private building awards feed demand, while labor, careful bidding and job-site schedules determine what Nucor keeps.
Competes with Rebar fabrication (Commercial Metals Company) · Rebar and downstream construction services (Gerdau)
In plain English
A bundle of straight reinforcing bar is not yet useful to a concrete crew. Nucor's shops draw where every piece goes, then cut and bend the bars into the cages and shapes a bridge, road or building needs; some jobs include installation too.
Concrete contractors and infrastructure builders pay for a package that arrives in the right order and fits the plans. Nucor supplies the steel from its own bar mills, then earns extra money for the preparation and work. Mistakes in the bid, scarce labor or a delayed site can eat that extra value.
Nucor Tubular Products
Sheet steel reshaped into tubes for structures, machinery, sprinklers, wiring, solar equipment and piling. Outside shipments jumped 39% year over year in the second quarter of 2026; continued project demand must support that fast rise.
Competes with Atlas Tube HSS and Wheatland Tube conduit and pipe (Zekelman Industries) · Carbon and stainless tubing (Cleveland-Cliffs)
In plain English
Flat steel goes in one end; square, round or rectangular tubes come out the other. Nucor bends and joins sheet into hollow sections for building frames, machine parts, fire-sprinkler lines, electrical wiring, solar arrays and foundation piles.
Distributors, installers and contractors pay more than they would for the flat sheet because the tube is already shaped for a specific job. That also means profit depends on the gap between sheet cost and tube price. Recent volume rose quickly, helped by construction and border-wall shipments, but those projects can arrive unevenly.
Sheet Steel
Nucor's largest product becomes car bodies, appliances and tubes. About 85% of sales use six-to-twelve-month agreements whose prices reset with the market, softening sudden swings without removing exposure to steel prices and imports.
Competes with Flat Roll Group (Steel Dynamics) · Flat-rolled carbon steel (Cleveland-Cliffs)
In plain English
This is steel flattened into giant coils, ready to become a refrigerator door, car panel or pipe. Nucor makes basic hot sheet, smoother cold sheet and zinc-coated sheet that resists rust.
Vehicle and appliance makers, pipe producers and steel distributors buy the coils. Most purchases run under agreements lasting half a year to a year, with prices adjusted regularly as raw-material and steel markets move. Those arrangements keep customers coming back and make orders easier to plan, but they do not lock in a rich price when the market weakens.
Nucor Steel West Virginia
A new sheet mill designed for three million tons a year, with commercial shipments planned for early 2027. Early equipment is running, but customer approval for tougher products and a production climb extending into 2028 stand between construction and steady sales.
Competes with Flat Roll Group (Steel Dynamics) · Flat-rolled carbon steel (Cleveland-Cliffs)
In plain English
The largest moving piece in Nucor's future is a new sheet-steel factory in West Virginia. It is built to roll more metal and make products that take longer for customers to test and approve.
For now, the site consumes cash instead of producing sales. Commercial deliveries are planned to begin in early 2027, after equipment checks now under way. From there, Nucor needs to fill the mill gradually and prove each harder product works for buyers. Think of opening a vast bakery: finishing the ovens is only the start; recipes, customers and a steady production rhythm must follow.
Raw Materials
Scrap collection, ironmaking, industrial gases and hauling supplied $2.16 billion of outside sales in FY2025. Its more important job is feeding Nucor's own mills; scrap availability, gas, iron pellets and freight set the cost of that support.
Competes with OmniSource (Steel Dynamics) · Recycled metals network (Radius Recycling)
In plain English
Before Nucor can sell steel, someone has to gather old metal and prepare fresh iron. This business buys and sorts scrap, makes iron from ore pellets without first melting them, supplies factory gases and moves the material between sites.
Outside buyers provide real sales, but Nucor's own mills are the anchor customer. Owning more of the supply chain helps keep furnaces fed and captures money that would otherwise go to middlemen. The tradeoff is another set of moving costs: scrap, iron pellets, natural gas and transport can all change the final cost of a ton of steel.
Bar SteelLong steel for concrete reinforcement and industrial parts. Shipments rose 11% in the second quarter of 2026; construction activity and the gap between scrap cost and selling price decide whether that volume pays.Long steel for concrete reinforcement and industrial parts. Shipments rose 11% in the second quarter of 2026; construction activity and the gap between scrap cost and selling price decide whether that volume pays.
In plain English
Think of the steel skeleton hidden inside concrete. Nucor makes reinforcing bar—the ribbed rods that help concrete resist pulling—as well as straight bars used in machinery and other industrial goods.
Contractors, metal shapers and equipment makers buy it by the ton. Nucor melts scrap, rolls the metal into long shapes and also sends some to its own cutting and bending shops. More construction and factory work fills the mills; slower projects or expensive scrap squeeze what Nucor keeps on each ton.
Competes with Rebar and merchant bar (Commercial Metals Company) · Merchant bar, rebar and special bar quality steel (Gerdau)
Structural SteelBeams and piling for buildings, bridges and industrial sites. The order queue was 58% larger year over year in October 2025; the watchpoint is whether project demand keeps the two mills busy.Beams and piling for buildings, bridges and industrial sites. The order queue was 58% larger year over year in October 2025; the watchpoint is whether project demand keeps the two mills busy.
In plain English
The giant I-shaped beams holding up a warehouse or bridge begin here. Two Nucor mills roll recycled metal into wide beams, foundation piles and related shapes that builders can cut and bolt into a frame.
Steel sellers, building-frame specialists and contractors pay for those shapes when a project is ready to move. Because heavy beams are costly to haul, nearby demand and imports matter almost as much as the metal price. A deep order queue gives the mills work ahead, but delays in big building or bridge projects can empty it quickly.
Competes with Structural and rail products (Steel Dynamics) · Beams and piling (Gerdau)
Plate SteelThick flat steel for bridges, ships, pipes, wind towers and heavy machines. Three mills provide 3.6 million tons of yearly capacity; the newer Brandenburg mill must keep lifting shipments and win customer approval for harder products.Thick flat steel for bridges, ships, pipes, wind towers and heavy machines. Three mills provide 3.6 million tons of yearly capacity; the newer Brandenburg mill must keep lifting shipments and win customer approval for harder products.
In plain English
Plate is the heavy, flat steel you might picture as the side of a ship rather than the skin of a car. Nucor rolls it wide and thick enough for bridge sections, large pipes, wind towers and earth-moving machines.
Shipyards, bridge builders, pipe makers and equipment factories pay by the ton and by the difficulty of the steel they need. The newer Brandenburg mill can make wider, thicker pieces, opening work the older mills could not handle. It only earns that promise as buyers approve the material and place enough orders to fill the added machinery.
Competes with Commercial plate and coil (SSAB Americas) · Carbon plate (JSW Steel USA)
Other Steel ProductsA $3.52 billion collection of buildings, insulated panels, data-center equipment, doors, utility structures and smaller steel products. The opportunity is strong project demand; the blind spot is that sales for each constituent remain undisclosed.A $3.52 billion collection of buildings, insulated panels, data-center equipment, doors, utility structures and smaller steel products. The opportunity is strong project demand; the blind spot is that sales for each constituent remain undisclosed.
In plain English
This is Nucor's crowded workshop shelf: metal buildings, insulated walls, equipment racks and raised floors for data centers, doors, power-line structures, foundation piles, wire and fasteners all sit together.
Developers, utilities and contractors buy a finished piece or system rather than plain steel. That lets Nucor put its own sheet, plate and bar through more steps before selling it, keeping more value from each ton. Demand from data centers and power-grid work is pulling attention toward the group, but outsiders cannot see which individual product supplies how much money.
Competes with Insulated Panels (Kingspan) · Utility transmission structures (Valmont Utility)
Vulcraft/Verco — Joist and DeckEngineered floor and roof supports generated an estimated $3.47 billion in FY2025 sales. In October 2025, the order queue was 25% larger than a year earlier; fixed-price bids make steel cost and job timing crucial.Engineered floor and roof supports generated an estimated $3.47 billion in FY2025 sales. In October 2025, the order queue was 25% larger than a year earlier; fixed-price bids make steel cost and job timing crucial.
In plain English
Look up in a big-box store and the open web of steel under the roof is this business. Vulcraft and Verco design and make those joists, the larger beams supporting them, metal floor and roof decking, and grating.
Builders ask several suppliers to bid on a job, and the winning price is usually fixed. Nucor then designs each piece, supplies much of the steel itself and delivers it when the site is ready. A healthy order queue brings work forward, but a cost jump or construction delay can turn a seemingly good bid into thinner profit.
Competes with New Millennium Steel Joist and Deck (Steel Dynamics) · Joists and deck (Canam)
Nucor Rebar FabricationShops that turn reinforcing bar into ready-to-place shapes produced $1.91 billion of FY2025 sales. Public and private building awards feed demand, while labor, careful bidding and job-site schedules determine what Nucor keeps.Shops that turn reinforcing bar into ready-to-place shapes produced $1.91 billion of FY2025 sales. Public and private building awards feed demand, while labor, careful bidding and job-site schedules determine what Nucor keeps.
In plain English
A bundle of straight reinforcing bar is not yet useful to a concrete crew. Nucor's shops draw where every piece goes, then cut and bend the bars into the cages and shapes a bridge, road or building needs; some jobs include installation too.
Concrete contractors and infrastructure builders pay for a package that arrives in the right order and fits the plans. Nucor supplies the steel from its own bar mills, then earns extra money for the preparation and work. Mistakes in the bid, scarce labor or a delayed site can eat that extra value.
Competes with Rebar fabrication (Commercial Metals Company) · Rebar and downstream construction services (Gerdau)
Nucor Tubular ProductsSheet steel reshaped into tubes for structures, machinery, sprinklers, wiring, solar equipment and piling. Outside shipments jumped 39% year over year in the second quarter of 2026; continued project demand must support that fast rise.Sheet steel reshaped into tubes for structures, machinery, sprinklers, wiring, solar equipment and piling. Outside shipments jumped 39% year over year in the second quarter of 2026; continued project demand must support that fast rise.
In plain English
Flat steel goes in one end; square, round or rectangular tubes come out the other. Nucor bends and joins sheet into hollow sections for building frames, machine parts, fire-sprinkler lines, electrical wiring, solar arrays and foundation piles.
Distributors, installers and contractors pay more than they would for the flat sheet because the tube is already shaped for a specific job. That also means profit depends on the gap between sheet cost and tube price. Recent volume rose quickly, helped by construction and border-wall shipments, but those projects can arrive unevenly.
Competes with Atlas Tube HSS and Wheatland Tube conduit and pipe (Zekelman Industries) · Carbon and stainless tubing (Cleveland-Cliffs)
Sheet SteelNucor's largest product becomes car bodies, appliances and tubes. About 85% of sales use six-to-twelve-month agreements whose prices reset with the market, softening sudden swings without removing exposure to steel prices and imports.Nucor's largest product becomes car bodies, appliances and tubes. About 85% of sales use six-to-twelve-month agreements whose prices reset with the market, softening sudden swings without removing exposure to steel prices and imports.
In plain English
This is steel flattened into giant coils, ready to become a refrigerator door, car panel or pipe. Nucor makes basic hot sheet, smoother cold sheet and zinc-coated sheet that resists rust.
Vehicle and appliance makers, pipe producers and steel distributors buy the coils. Most purchases run under agreements lasting half a year to a year, with prices adjusted regularly as raw-material and steel markets move. Those arrangements keep customers coming back and make orders easier to plan, but they do not lock in a rich price when the market weakens.
Competes with Flat Roll Group (Steel Dynamics) · Flat-rolled carbon steel (Cleveland-Cliffs)
Nucor Steel West VirginiaA new sheet mill designed for three million tons a year, with commercial shipments planned for early 2027. Early equipment is running, but customer approval for tougher products and a production climb extending into 2028 stand between construction and steady sales.A new sheet mill designed for three million tons a year, with commercial shipments planned for early 2027. Early equipment is running, but customer approval for tougher products and a production climb extending into 2028 stand between construction and steady sales.
In plain English
The largest moving piece in Nucor's future is a new sheet-steel factory in West Virginia. It is built to roll more metal and make products that take longer for customers to test and approve.
For now, the site consumes cash instead of producing sales. Commercial deliveries are planned to begin in early 2027, after equipment checks now under way. From there, Nucor needs to fill the mill gradually and prove each harder product works for buyers. Think of opening a vast bakery: finishing the ovens is only the start; recipes, customers and a steady production rhythm must follow.
Competes with Flat Roll Group (Steel Dynamics) · Flat-rolled carbon steel (Cleveland-Cliffs)
Raw MaterialsScrap collection, ironmaking, industrial gases and hauling supplied $2.16 billion of outside sales in FY2025. Its more important job is feeding Nucor's own mills; scrap availability, gas, iron pellets and freight set the cost of that support.Scrap collection, ironmaking, industrial gases and hauling supplied $2.16 billion of outside sales in FY2025. Its more important job is feeding Nucor's own mills; scrap availability, gas, iron pellets and freight set the cost of that support.
In plain English
Before Nucor can sell steel, someone has to gather old metal and prepare fresh iron. This business buys and sorts scrap, makes iron from ore pellets without first melting them, supplies factory gases and moves the material between sites.
Outside buyers provide real sales, but Nucor's own mills are the anchor customer. Owning more of the supply chain helps keep furnaces fed and captures money that would otherwise go to middlemen. The tradeoff is another set of moving costs: scrap, iron pellets, natural gas and transport can all change the final cost of a ton of steel.
Competes with OmniSource (Steel Dynamics) · Recycled metals network (Radius Recycling)
Named in filings, launches and programs
- ECONIQBrandSteel sold with Nucor's system for tracking and lowering the carbon tied to its production.
- AEOSBrandA stronger structural beam line designed to carry more load with less steel.
- ELCYONBrandPlate steel made for the foundations and towers used in offshore wind projects.
- InvinciaBrandHard-wearing plate for equipment and surfaces that must resist scraping and impact.
- Nucor Data SystemsBrandData-center infrastructure, including raised floors; two repurposed plants supported the business in 2025.
- Nucor Towers & StructuresProduct line · RampingPower-line structures made in Alabama and Indiana, with a Utah plant scheduled to start in early 2027.
- Nucor Door TechnologiesBrandOverhead and fast-opening commercial doors, including the CHI and Rytec businesses.
- Nucor Buildings GroupProduct linePre-engineered metal-building systems sold through regional brands to construction customers.
- Nucor Insulated Panels GroupProduct lineCENTRIA and Metl-Span insulated metal walls and roofs for temperature-controlled and other buildings.
- Skyline SteelBrandSteel piles and foundation pieces used to support infrastructure and construction.
- California Steel IndustriesBrandA majority-owned West Coast sheet producer whose sales sit inside Nucor's mill business.
- Nucor-JFE Steel MexicoBrandA majority-owned Mexican venture that coats sheet steel with zinc to resist rust.
- NuMit / Steel TechnologiesEcosystemA half-owned business controlling a network that cuts and processes sheet steel for customers.
- Border Wall Supply ProgramCustomer programTube and other steel shipments to undisclosed border-wall sites, expected to continue through 2028.
ECONIQBrand
Steel sold with Nucor's system for tracking and lowering the carbon tied to its production.
AEOSBrand
A stronger structural beam line designed to carry more load with less steel.
ELCYONBrand
Plate steel made for the foundations and towers used in offshore wind projects.
InvinciaBrand
Hard-wearing plate for equipment and surfaces that must resist scraping and impact.
Nucor Data SystemsBrand
Data-center infrastructure, including raised floors; two repurposed plants supported the business in 2025.
Nucor Towers & StructuresProduct line · Ramping
Power-line structures made in Alabama and Indiana, with a Utah plant scheduled to start in early 2027.
Nucor Door TechnologiesBrand
Overhead and fast-opening commercial doors, including the CHI and Rytec businesses.
Nucor Buildings GroupProduct line
Pre-engineered metal-building systems sold through regional brands to construction customers.
Nucor Insulated Panels GroupProduct line
CENTRIA and Metl-Span insulated metal walls and roofs for temperature-controlled and other buildings.
Skyline SteelBrand
Steel piles and foundation pieces used to support infrastructure and construction.
California Steel IndustriesBrand
A majority-owned West Coast sheet producer whose sales sit inside Nucor's mill business.
Nucor-JFE Steel MexicoBrand
A majority-owned Mexican venture that coats sheet steel with zinc to resist rust.
NuMit / Steel TechnologiesEcosystem
A half-owned business controlling a network that cuts and processes sheet steel for customers.
Border Wall Supply ProgramCustomer program
Tube and other steel shipments to undisclosed border-wall sites, expected to continue through 2028.