Strategy & Finance

Steel

Case studies in steel.

Nucor — Growth Capital Through a Steel-Cycle Turn

Imagine you are advising Nucor as it plans its next investment cycle. The company has large steelmaking and downstream projects underway. At the same time, third-quarter results show lower realized selling prices, narrower steel-mill metal margins, and weaker shipments in parts of the portfolio. Management’s estimate for 2024 capital expenditures is about $3.2 billion. Read case

Steel Dynamics — Qualifying the Columbus Mill

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) was building a recycled-aluminum flat-rolled mill in Columbus, Mississippi. The company expected operations to begin in mid-2025. The mill was designed for 650,000 tonnes of annual finished-product capacity, serving beverage packaging, automotive and common-alloy industrial markets. Read case

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