Steelmaker readies itself for a big year

In March 2018, Nucor Corp., North America’s largest steelmaker, announced it would break ground in April 2019 on a $240 million micro mill on a 477-acre site off U.S. 27, south of Frostproof near the Polk-Highlands county line.

Officials with Nucor Steel Florida, the subsidiary created to build and operate the 256,000-square-foot plant, planned to create 250 jobs paying an average annual salary of $66,000, begin hiring in early 2020 and be producing by year’s end.