0001144204-14-066553.txt : 20141110 0001144204-14-066553.hdr.sgml : 20141110 20141110164340 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-14-066553 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141110 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20141110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NUCOR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000073309 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312] IRS NUMBER: 131860817 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04119 FILM NUMBER: 141209270 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1915 REXFORD RD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28211 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043667000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1915 REXFORD ROAD CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28211 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NUCLEAR CORP OF AMERICA INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680911 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AZTEC MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19660629 8-K 1 v393855_8k.htm FORM 8-K

 

  

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 10, 2014

 

NUCOR CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-4119   13-1860817

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1915 Rexford Road, Charlotte, North Carolina   28211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 366-7000

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

  

 

 

 
 

 

Item 8.01   Other Events.

 

On November 10, 2014, Nucor Corporation issued a news release announcing that an equipment failure occurred at Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Nucor Corporation. A copy of the news release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

  99.1 News Release of Nucor Corporation, issued November 10, 2014

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  NUCOR CORPORATION
     
Date:  November 10, 2014 By: /s/ James D. Frias
    James D. Frias
    Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President

 

 

 EX-99.1 2 v393855_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Equipment Failure At Nucor Steel Louisiana

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced that an equipment failure occurred at Nucor Steel Louisiana in St. James Parish. The failure is related to the process gas heater, which experienced a major failure on November 2, 2014. There were no injuries, no environmental impact and no damage to any other part of the direct reduced iron (DRI) facility as a result of this incident. Production operations were suspended after the failure. Nucor is still assessing the extent of the equipment damage and cannot estimate the length of time needed to make the necessary repairs to the process gas heater at this time. Nucor will provide an estimate of when the facility will be fully operational when it is available.

The process gas heater is not a part of the DRI technology utilized by Nucor Steel Louisiana, but is a piece of equipment necessary for the facility to operate. The process gas heater is an auxiliary unit that is standard equipment in several industrial applications, particularly the chemical industry. This same piece of equipment contributed to production outages in July and September.

In its most recent earnings release on October 23, 2014, Nucor stated, "As a result of the process improvements and lower iron ore costs, combined with a steady run-rate, we expect significant improvement in the performance of the Louisiana DRI facility in the fourth quarter and profitable results during the first quarter of 2015." The time frame for when Nucor Steel Louisiana's performance will improve and become profitable has been deferred as a result of the equipment failure and cannot be estimated at this time. As a result of the failure, we expect the negative impact to our earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014 to be somewhat less than the impact of Nucor Steel Louisiana's operating loss in the third quarter of 2014.

Nucor and affiliates are manufacturers of steel products, with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; steel grating and expanded metal; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.

Certain statements contained in this news release are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. The words "believe," "expect," "project," "will," "should," "could" and similar expressions are intended to identify those forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (1) the sensitivity of the results of our operations to prevailing steel prices and the changes in the supply and cost of raw materials, including scrap steel; (2) market demand for steel products; (3) energy costs and availability; and (4) competitive pressure on sales and pricing, including competition from imports and substitute materials. These and other factors are discussed in Nucor's regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those in Nucor's December 31, 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A. Risk Factors. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of this date, and Nucor does not assume any obligation to update them.



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