FILE – West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
The Republican governor called the location of Nucor Corp.’s plant in Mason County the largest investment in the state’s history.
Lawmakers completed legislation at Justice’s request Tuesday to offer the company an undisclosed tax incentive. Justice had said the incentive was based upon “very significant investment and employment thresholds.”
West Virginia’s steel industry has gone through decades of declines.
Weirton Steel, which operated a nearly 800-acre property, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2003. Cleveland-Cliffs now makes tin-plated products on the site, where employment tumbled from 6,100 in 1994 to less than 900 now.
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