Nucor Receives Air Quality Permit for St. James Parish Project

Nucor Corporation NUE announced today that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality permit for its direct reduced iron making facility that will be located in St. James Parish. Issuance of the air permit will allow the company to begin the process of ordering equipment and commencing construction immediately. The permit allows for the construction and operation of two plants with a combined annual direct reduced iron (DRI) production of 5,500,000 tons. Initially, Nucor will build one DRI plant with plans to expand to a second facility.