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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SR 14 3
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By: Senator D. Wallace 5
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SENATE RESOLUTION 8
TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE NUCOR DAY AT THE STATE 9
CAPITOL ON APRIL 15, 2026. 10
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TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE NUCOR DAY AT 14
THE STATE CAPITOL ON APRIL 15, 2026. 15
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WHEREAS, Nucor Corporation is the largest steel and steel products 17
producer in the United States and the global leader in steelmaking 18
sustainability; and 19
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WHEREAS, Nucor is the largest recycler of any type of material in North 21
America; and 22
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WHEREAS, Nucor recycles approximately twenty million (20,000,000) tons 24
of ferrous scrap metal annually to produce new steel that is one hundred 25
percent (100%) recyclable; and 26
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WHEREAS, by recycling scrap to make new steel, Nucor’s greenhouse gas 28
intensity is less than one-fourth (1/4) of the global steelmaking average and 29
one-fifth (1/5) of the intensity of a traditional blast furnace producer; and 30
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WHEREAS, Nucor has been an important part of Arkansas’s economy since 32
1987 with the construction of its first steel mill in the state; and 33
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WHEREAS, Nucor has steadily grown and invested in Arkansas, currently 35
operating five (5) facilities in the state: 36
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(1) Nucor-Yamato in Mississippi County; 1
(2) Nucor Steel Arkansas in Mississippi County; 2
(3) Nucor Coatings Corporation in Mississippi County; 3
(4) Nucor Skyline Armorel in Mississippi County; and 4
(5) Centria in Grant County; and 5
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WHEREAS, Nucor employs more than thirty-two thousand (32,000) 7
employees, known as teammates, working safely at over three hundred (300) 8
operating facilities in North America, with approximately two thousand seven 9
hundred seventy-two (2,772) teammates throughout Arkansas; and 10
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WHEREAS, in thirty-nine (39) years of operations in Arkansas, Nucor has 12
had a practice of never laying off a single teammate at its steel mills and 13
Nucor teammates all share in the success of the company; and 14
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WHEREAS, the median pay for Nucor’s production teammates over the last 16
three (3) years has averaged more than one hundred thousand dollars 17
($100,000) per year; and 18
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WHEREAS, to reinforce its culture, the majority of Nucor’s teammates 20
below the officer level are treated as if they are owners of the company, 21
historically receiving ten percent (10%) of Nucor’s earnings in a profit-22
sharing plan in addition to their salary; and 23
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WHEREAS, Nucor has invested more than one billion dollars 25
($1,000,000,000) in its Arkansas steel mills in the last five (5) years to 26
modernize and upgrade the capabilities of the facilities; and 27
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WHEREAS, the western hemisphere’s largest beams are produced at Nucor-29
Yamato Steel and Arkansas-made steel can be found in iconic American 30
structures such as the One World Trade Center, the world-renowned Donald W. 31
Reynolds Razorback Stadium, and the home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium; 32
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WHEREAS, Nucor is committed to education in Arkansas, offering all 35
Nucor teammates and their dependents a scholarship in the amount of four 36
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thousand dollars ($4,000) per year for college or vocational school, which 1
nationwide has amounted to more than one hundred fifteen million dollars 2
($115,000,000) awarded to nearly twenty-five thousand (25,000) children since 3
the program’s inception in 1974, with nearly twelve million dollars 4
($12,000,000) awarded in Arkansas, 5
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NOW THEREFORE, 7
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 8
STATE OF ARKANSAS: 9
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THAT the Senate recognize and celebrate Nucor Day at the State Capitol 11
Building on April 15, 2026. 12
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 14
transmitted to the Chief Executive Officer of Nucor Corporation by the 15
Secretary of the Senate. 16
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