Nucor Names John C. Farris Vice President and General Manager of Its New Iron-Making...

Nucor Names John C. Farris Vice President and General Manager of Its New
Iron-Making Facility

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nucor Corporation
(NYSE: NUE) has named John C. Farris Vice President and General Manager of
Nucor's new iron-making facility. Farris, 43, joined Nucor in 1992 and has
been a Vice President of Nucor since 2006. He has been General Manager of
Nucor's bar mill in Marion, Ohio since 2005. Previously Farris worked as a
manager at Nucor's bar mill in Jewett, Texas.
"Based on John's strong management experience, he will provide effective
leadership for Nucor's first blast furnace and coke oven operation," said Dan
DiMicco, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nucor. "John's
first task will be to build the management team for this project. We are
confident John will build a capable, experienced management team to lead this
new project."
Nucor previously announced its application for a permit to build a state-
of-the-art iron-making facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The project's
site is not a certainty as permits have to be issued and Nucor's board of
directors must approve the selection of the site and the capital investment.
In addition, sites outside of the United States are still under consideration.
This facility will utilize advanced heat-recovery coke technology that will
capture waste energy, making the operation self-sufficient in power. The
coke-making facility will meet and likely outperform current best-available
control technology requirements.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Nucor makes more steel in America than
any other company. Nucor and affiliates are manufacturers of steel products,
with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada. Products produced
include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; steel
joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel;
cold finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; light gauge
steel framing; steel grating and expanded metal; and wire and wire mesh.
Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and
nonferrous metals, pig iron and HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes
ferrous and non ferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
Certain statements contained in this news release are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that might cause
the Company's actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in
forward-looking statements are outlined in Nucor's regulatory filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including those in Nucor's December 31,
2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The forward-looking statements contained in
this news release speak only as of this date, and Nucor does not assume any
obligation to update them.
SOURCE Nucor Corporation

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