Nucor Shows Muscle with Bold Louisiana Iron and Steel Study

Sugar Land--June 4, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After a series of high profile steel industry losses, beginning with the failure and closure of American Iron Reduction LLC in 1999 and ending with 2006's loss of the ThyssenKrupp steel project to Alabama, Louisiana could be on the verge of an economic coupe with the recently announced plans for an integrated pig iron and steel manufacturing complex by Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) (Charlotte, North Carolina) in Convent, Louisiana.