Nucor Steel Louisiana

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Nucor Steel Louisiana, also known as Nucor St. James Parish, is a steel plant in Convent, Louisiana, United States that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 9101 Hwy 3125, Convent, LA 70723, United States
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.076693, -90.859953 (exact)

Background

In June 2023, Nucor announced a partnership with ExxonMobil to start capturing carbon from the DRI plant in 2026.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
2013[2] 170[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Nucor Corp 4295904636 E100001010181 Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC[4] 5054441288 E100001010198

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment
crude[5] DRI[6] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[7] 2022[8] DRI

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 2500[9][10] 2500[9][10]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year DRI production Total (all routes)
2023 1960[11][12] 1960[11][12]

Unit Details

Table 6: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa) Reductant
unknown DRI (1) operating[13][10] 2013[9] Tenova/Danieli HYL/Energiron-ZR[9][9] shaft furnace 2500[9][10] methane[12]

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References

  1. "Nucor, ExxonMobil Sign Carbon Capture Agreement". Association for Iron and Steel Technology Steel News. 6/1/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220125193556/https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/nucor-starts-dri-production-at-louisiana-plant-in-usa. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230606091719/https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/case-studies/nucor. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211216133805/https://www.nucor.com/locations/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240119052831/https://www.nucorskyline.com/file%20library/document%20library/english/case%20studies/cs_nucor-dri_en.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200101061524/https://www.reliableplant.com/Read/26583/Nucor-Louisiana-iron-facility. Archived from the original on 2020-01-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118112804/https://www.nucor.com/industries-served/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20221031135419/https://nucor.com/certifications. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2024-8. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/MidrexSTATSBook2023.Final_.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 (PDF) https://s202.q4cdn.com/531038915/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/2023-nucor-annual-report.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20230714142121/https://nucor.com/news-release/19816. Archived from the original on 2023-07-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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