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Released May 08, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--West Virginia is showing its chops as a leading destination for the U.S. Metals & Minerals Industry. Steel mills are bringing a great deal of capital investment into the state, while West Virginia's abundant coal deposits still provide project activity, despite coal's decline in the U.S. power-generation sector.
West Virginia is dominated by spending in its Metals & Minerals Industry, which leans heavily toward steel production. The state's largest project comes from one of the biggest players in the U.S. steel sector, Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) (Charlotte, North Carolina), which is constructing a grassroot steel sheet mill in Apple Grove.
The 3 million-ton-per-year mill will produce hot-rolled sheet products, accompanied by downstream processing, including a cold mill, annealing capabilities and two galvanizing lines. Upon completion, which is expected early next year, the mill will begin ramping up toward its planned product mix of 1.1 million tons per year of galvanized steel, 800,000 tons per year of cold-rolled coil, 750,000 tons per year of hot-rolled coil, and 350,000 tons per year of pickled and oiled steel sheet. Nucor also is underway with a grassroot transloading and processing plant in New Cumberland, where the Ohio River can provide a means shipping the company's products.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Metals & Minerals Project Database can learn more by viewing the reports on the sheet mill and transloading projects.
Smaller players also are involved in the state's steel sector. Commercial Metals Company (Irving, Texas) is one of the leading producers of rebar in the U.S. and is in the process of establishing a grassroot micromill in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The mill will produce 650,000 tons per year of merchant bar quality (MBQ) products through a continuous production process. Construction is expected to be completed later this year. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
While Nucor's steel mill allows steel to dominate spending in the state, it's not the only metals product for which West Virginia is prepping. Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), which claims to be the only integrated titanium supplier in the U.S., is in the finishing stages of a titanium melting plant at the site of a former aluminum smelter in Ravenswood. The facility will create titanium products for the aerospace and other industries, with two types of electric furnaces to melt sponge and scrap.
Initially, the Ravenswood plant will need 18 megawatts (MW) of power to operate, but it is expected to ramp up to full capacity by the end of 2027, when it is expected to require about 106 MW. Power will be supplied by an accompanying solar microgrid. The solar array is being built by BHE Renewables LLC (Des Moines, Iowa), part of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (Omaha, Nebraska).
As part of the solar power system, a 50-MW battery energy storge system (BESS) will be able to provide power for more than five hours. The BESS is expected to employ lithium-iron-phosphate technology, a lower-cost chemistry that's catching on for energy storage. Work on the solar array and BESS will progress along with the melting plant's needs and is expected to be completed in 2027. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the reports on the melting plant and microgrid projects.
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed to reinvigorate the nation's coal industry, but some companies with existing projects may be one step ahead of the game. Ramaco Resources LLC (Lexington, Kentucky), a leading producer of the metallurgical coal used at steel mills, is putting the finishing touches on a grassroot above-ground coal mine in Logan County, West Virginia. Construction on the mine kicked off in late 2023 and is now reaching a conclusion. Ramaco plans to produce about 900,000 tons of coal per year from the 1,500-acre site. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
West Virginia is dominated by spending in its Metals & Minerals Industry, which leans heavily toward steel production. The state's largest project comes from one of the biggest players in the U.S. steel sector, Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) (Charlotte, North Carolina), which is constructing a grassroot steel sheet mill in Apple Grove.
The 3 million-ton-per-year mill will produce hot-rolled sheet products, accompanied by downstream processing, including a cold mill, annealing capabilities and two galvanizing lines. Upon completion, which is expected early next year, the mill will begin ramping up toward its planned product mix of 1.1 million tons per year of galvanized steel, 800,000 tons per year of cold-rolled coil, 750,000 tons per year of hot-rolled coil, and 350,000 tons per year of pickled and oiled steel sheet. Nucor also is underway with a grassroot transloading and processing plant in New Cumberland, where the Ohio River can provide a means shipping the company's products.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Metals & Minerals Project Database can learn more by viewing the reports on the sheet mill and transloading projects.
Smaller players also are involved in the state's steel sector. Commercial Metals Company (Irving, Texas) is one of the leading producers of rebar in the U.S. and is in the process of establishing a grassroot micromill in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The mill will produce 650,000 tons per year of merchant bar quality (MBQ) products through a continuous production process. Construction is expected to be completed later this year. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.
While Nucor's steel mill allows steel to dominate spending in the state, it's not the only metals product for which West Virginia is prepping. Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), which claims to be the only integrated titanium supplier in the U.S., is in the finishing stages of a titanium melting plant at the site of a former aluminum smelter in Ravenswood. The facility will create titanium products for the aerospace and other industries, with two types of electric furnaces to melt sponge and scrap.
Initially, the Ravenswood plant will need 18 megawatts (MW) of power to operate, but it is expected to ramp up to full capacity by the end of 2027, when it is expected to require about 106 MW. Power will be supplied by an accompanying solar microgrid. The solar array is being built by BHE Renewables LLC (Des Moines, Iowa), part of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (Omaha, Nebraska).
As part of the solar power system, a 50-MW battery energy storge system (BESS) will be able to provide power for more than five hours. The BESS is expected to employ lithium-iron-phosphate technology, a lower-cost chemistry that's catching on for energy storage. Work on the solar array and BESS will progress along with the melting plant's needs and is expected to be completed in 2027. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the reports on the melting plant and microgrid projects.
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed to reinvigorate the nation's coal industry, but some companies with existing projects may be one step ahead of the game. Ramaco Resources LLC (Lexington, Kentucky), a leading producer of the metallurgical coal used at steel mills, is putting the finishing touches on a grassroot above-ground coal mine in Logan County, West Virginia. Construction on the mine kicked off in late 2023 and is now reaching a conclusion. Ramaco plans to produce about 900,000 tons of coal per year from the 1,500-acre site. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
