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{{Short description|American steel corporation}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Nucor Corporation
| logo = Nucor logo.svg
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{Unbulleted list|{{NYSE|NUE}}|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1955}}
| predecessor = [[REO Motor Car Company]]
| hq_location = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], United States
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Leon Topalian]] ([[chairman]], [[President (corporate title)|president]], & [[CEO]])|Steve Laxton ([[CFO]])}}
| industry = [[Steel]]
| products = [[Steel]]<br/>[[Rebar]]
| revenue = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|30.7&nbsp;billion|link=yes}} (2024)}}
| net_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|2.03&nbsp;billion}} (2024)
| assets = {{decrease}} {{US$|33.9&nbsp;billion}} (2024)
| equity = {{decrease}} {{US$|21.4&nbsp;billion}} (2024)
| num_employees = 32,700 (2024)
| homepage = {{URL|https://nucor.com/}}
| footnotes = <ref name=10K>{{cite web | url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/73309/000095017025028427/nue-20241231.htm | title=Nucor Corporation 2024 Form 10-K Annual Report |date=February 27, 2025 | publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Transferring molten metal from the furnace to the ladle.jpg|thumb|Molten steel transferred from furnace to ladle]]
'''Nucor Corporation''' is an American company based in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], that produces [[steel]] and related products. It is the largest [[List of steel producers|steel producer]] in the [[United States]] and the largest [[Recycling|recycler]] of [[scrap]] in [[North America]].<ref name=10K/>  Nucor is the 16th-largest steel producer in the world.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Top steel-producing companies | url=https://worldsteel.org/steel-topics/statistics/top-producers/ | publisher=[[World Steel Association]]}}</ref> Along with [[Commercial Metals Company]], it is one of two primary suppliers of [[rebar]] used to reinforce concrete in buildings, bridges, roads, and infrastructure in the U.S.