Nucor Steel Kankakee
Large load · ONE NUCOR WAY, Bourbonnais, IL
Nucor Steel Kankakee owns and operates a steel production facility near Bourbonnais, Illinois, that produces merchant bar and rebar. The plant is a large retail industrial customer that purchases delivery service from Commonwealth Edison Company. No site MW figure was found in the sources reviewed.
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Overview
The mill produces merchant bar and rebar, including rounds, flats, and angles. Nucor announced an MBQ mill with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons, and commissioning of the new bar mill wrapped up in December 2020.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. is a large retail industrial customer that purchases delivery services from Commonwealth Edison Company (2008 testimony). The PJM service area in Illinois is the ComEd zone.
- Ownership
- Nucor Corporation is recorded by EPA as the parent owner of the facility, and Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc. owns and operates the steel production facility.
- Recent changes
- The MBQ mill was expected to cost $180 million. A $40 million project to install a new caster and ladle stirring station at the meltshop was planned for commissioning at the end of 2021.
Facility
- Activity
- Merchant bar and rebar produced from scrap in an electric arc furnace
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Oct 23, 2026
Related records
Timeline
- Nov 15, 2017
- Nucor announced a $180 million merchant bar quality mill at Kankakee.
Nucor to Build Merchant Bar Mill at Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.
- Feb 4, 2021
- Commissioning of the new bar mill wrapped up in December 2020, with a $40 million meltshop project to follow.
Nucor’s Newest Bar Mill Enters Service  - Association for Iron & Steel Technology