Nucor Corporation , a Fortune 300 company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of the largest steel producers in the United States, and the largest of the "mini-mill" operators . Nucor claims to be North America's largest recycler of any material, recycling one ton of steel every two seconds. The total annual steelmaking capacity of the company is 25 million ton. Nucor's history consists of three distinct eras: the Reo Motor Car era, the Nuclear Corporation of America era, and the current Nucor era. Nucor's origins are with auto manufacturer Ransom E. Olds, who founded Olds... Motor Vehicle Company in 1897 . Having left his company years before it was acquired by GM, in 1905 Olds established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, the predecessor to Nucor, in Lansing, Michigan.
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| NYSE symbol: | NUE |
| Founded: | 1940 |
| Headquarters: | United States of America |
| Legal structure: | Public company |
| Annual revenue: | $23,663,320,000 |
| Net income: | $1,830,990,000 |
| Operating income: | $3,239,600,000 |
| Market cap: | $17,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Steel Works, Blast Furnaces (Including Coke Ovens), and Rolling Mills, Steel, Steelmaking, Iron industry |