Ma ka lā 6 o Dekemaba, ua hoʻolaha kūkala ʻo Nucor Steel ua ʻae ka papa alakaʻi o ka hui i kahi hoʻopukapuka o US $ 350 miliona i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi laina hana rebar hou ma Charlotte, ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o North Carolina ma ka hikina hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a e lilo nō hoʻi ʻo New York. .He 430,000 tons ko ka laina hana rebar kolu o Ke.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nucor i kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hōʻole ka US rebar imports.Hana ʻia ka hapa nui o nā rebars ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei e pono ana ka mākeke US East Coast i nā rebars hou i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.ʻO Rebar ka ʻoihana koʻikoʻi o Nucor, a ʻo ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi laina hana hou e kōkua iā Nucor e mālama i kona kūlana alakaʻi i ka mākeke rebar US.