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Nucor Corp. Sues Paragon Industries for $32M
Nucor Corp. recently sued one of its customers over allegations the client hadn’t paid for supplies it ordered and received. read more >
Steel Companies Donate $1M to Cold War Museum
Nucor Steel Arkansas and Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. each donated $500,000. read more >
Why Arkansas? Envirotech CEO Says Natural, Man-Made Resources Sparked Interest
Phillip Oldridge also discussed key players in the decision and the company's plans for its new facility. read more >
US Steel Picks Northeast Arkansas for $3B Mill
Arkansas had been competing against Alabama and Mississippi for the project. read more >
All the Right Moves (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
Arkansas has made some good bets in Mississippi County and they continue to pay off. It’s worth remembering how improbable the biggest of those seemed. read more >
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Steel Processor Majestic to Add Huge Plant at Nucor Arkansas
Majestic Steel USA Inc. gives Mississippi County's image as a steelmaking hub an extra sheen, announcing plans to build a 515,000-SF service center and processing facility in Blytheville. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Nucor Steel’s Randy Henderson Appointed to State Education Board
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces the appointment of Nucor Steel's Randy Henderson of Blytheville to the Arkansas State Board of Education. read more >
Lexicon and Seal Show Off Blytheville Array Made With Arkansas Steel
Heather Nelson was on a roll Friday morning, breakfasting with “the future governor of Arkansas” a day after her company, Seal Solar, teamed up with Lexicon Inc. to unveil the state’s first solar array made with locally manufactured steel. read more >
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In Winter’s Brutal Grip, The Power Grid Buckles
The regional electric grid was stretched to the limit and beyond, and Arkansans joined Texans, Oklahomans and Missourians sitting in their darkened houses, getting chillier. read more >
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Electricity Crisis Not Over, Hasten and Castleberry Say
Two of Arkansas' leading electric utility executives say the state is "not out of the woods yet" after limited cold-weather blackouts mandated in emergency orders by the two regional transmission organizations based in Little Rock. read more >
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Nucor and Arkansas: Magnet and Steel
Nucor Corp.’s new cold mill in Mississippi County could be opening right as the company is experiencing record earnings. read more >
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Promises Are Kept, Paving A Broader Path To College
Southern Bancorp Inc., the Ross Foundation and Murphy Oil Corp. are spending millions on Promise scholarships that sponsors and an administrator say have increased the college-going rate of high school graduates in Arkadelphia and El Dorado. read more >
Calstrip Plans $15M Investment, 45 Jobs Near Blytheville
Calstrip Industries Inc. of Mira Loma, California, announces plans to invest $15 million in a new 100,000-SF steel processing plant on the campus of Nucor Steel Arkansas. read more >
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Nucor Plans Expansion on Top of Expansion: A 100-Job, $240M Sheet Metal Line in Hickman
Nucor Steel Arkansas doubles down on its expansion in Mississippi County, planning a $240 million galvanized steel sheet metal production line at its sheet mill in Hickman. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
OSHA Fines Nucor Steel $56K After Employee Death
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Little Rock has fined Nucor-Yamato Steel Inc. $56,000 after an employee died in April at the Blytheville plant. read more >
Nucor VP MaryEmily Slate Scraps Her Way to the Top of the Heap
At 51, MaryEmily Slate is a vice president and general manager for Nucor Steel Arkansas, overseeing more than 700 workers at two steel mills in Mississippi County. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas Court Hears Case Over Steel Mill Permit
A steel company is asking a state appeals court to reverse a regulatory panel's decision to approve an air permit for a rival's $1.1 billion plant in northeast Arkansas. read more >
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