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by niftich 1988 days ago
Nucor steel mills in the US are set up to melt scrap with electric arc furnaces. A varying amount of semi-processed iron (pig iron or direct reduced iron) is added to a batch; they get this iron by shipment instead of producing it on site.

As of time of writing they have one facility in the US that makes direct reduced iron from iron ore and natgas; this plant is in Louisiana at (30.08, -90.86).