Nucor Steel Texas is an electric arc furnace steel mill at 8812 Highway 79 West in Jewett, Leon County, Texas, owned and operated by Nucor Corporation. It makes hot-rolled billets, rebar, and merchant and specialty bar quality steel. Nucor has told Texas regulators it is a large industrial consumer of TXU's delivery service.

Open in grid

Loading map…

Overview Profile Facility Permits and agreements Related records Sources

Overview

The mill produces steel from scrap by electric arc, with alloying, casting and finishing, and makes hot-rolled billets, rebar, merchant bar quality steel and specialty bar quality steel. Its meltshop was commissioned with one million ton per year capacity. Company history dates the start of the Jewett mini mill to 1975.

Profile

Electricity and grid: A 2007 filing before the Texas commission states that Nucor owns and operates a steelmaking facility in Jewett and is a large industrial consumer of TXU. Nucor Steel-Texas participated in the joint steel-mill transmission rulemaking in ERCOT. A 2014 case study reports a potential 2.0 MW reduction in electrical demand from a baghouse fan upgrade, a project not representing total mill demand.

Ownership: Nucor Corporation is the parent company of Nucor Steel Texas in EPA's registry, and the 2007 filing states Nucor owns and operates the Jewett facility.

Permits: The site operates under Federal Operating Permit O1289. TCEQ acknowledged a November 25, 2025 operational-flexibility notification and said it did not change or revise the permit. A wastewater permit WQ0001897000 appears in TCEQ's 2022 compliance history.

Facility

Activity: Electric-arc steelmaking from scrap, with alloying, casting and finishing
Industry: Manufacturing
Site type: Facility
Operating status: Operating