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Nucor Moves Castrip Business to Arkansas after Idling Indiana Mill

Written by Michael Cowden

August 26, 2021

Nucor has idled its Castrip® mill in Crawfordsville, Ind., and consolidated its remaining Castrip® business at its mill in Blytheville, Ark., a company spokeswoman confirmed.

The Indiana mill was idled in 2020, and the Arkansas Castrip® operations “will continue to operate on a limited basis as we conclude our commitments to our customers,” she said.

NucorCastrip® lines have capacity of approximately 500,000 tons per year, according to Castrip LLC, which markets and licenses the intellectual property related to the thin-slab casting technology.

Castrip LLC – a joint venture between Nucor, Australian steelmaker BlueScope Steel, and Japanese engineering and machinery firm IHI Corp. – was formed in 2000. Nucor was the first steelmaker to license the technology, according to the company’s website.

By Michael Cowden, Michael@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Michael Cowden

Michael Cowden is managing editor for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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