Promised vs. Produced Tracker · West Virginia · updated Sep 2026

West Virginia has been promised 1 factory since 2017. It is not producing yet.

27th of 32 states by announced capital · fewer than three promises, not ranked by share producing

1 promise · $3B announced · 0 producing · 1 not yet producing

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Nucor Sheet Mill West Virginia (Apple Grove, Mason County) · $2.7B · Not yet producingNucor Sheet Mill West Virgini…
producing not yet producing cancelled or renegotiatedmark area · announced capitalSites placed at the town · the largest promises are named · a mark opens its row

West Virginia, promise by promise

Largest announced capital first. Every row links the announcement and the latest status it was built from.

announcement to promised first output past the promised date, not producing producing × promise cancelled or renegotiated

  1. Nucor Sheet Mill West Virginia (Apple Grove, Mason County)

    Steel · WV · screened

    $2.7B · 800 jobs · announced Jan 2022 · promised 2024 · first output: not yet

    sources · promise nucor.com · status steelmarketupdate.com

    Not yet producing2y 2m past promise

Dates follow the announcement's own precision: a year with no month is drawn at mid-year, a quarter at its middle month. Checked V1 means each figure was confirmed against one public source; V2 means two independent sources. Corrections after publication are logged with a reason.

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Rows: Promised vs. Produced Tracker, Screen stage, promotable rows at the $1B or 200 direct jobs floor (162 rows across 32 states, screened 2026-09-10) · Every row is tier P: extracted and schema-checked at Screen, not yet verified. · 162 of 162 rows carry both a promise source and a status source · map: Census cartographic boundaries via us-atlas, AlbersUSA · site coordinates placed at the town by hand · bars and marks drawn from the rows, no chart library