Promised vs. Produced Tracker · West Virginia · as of Q3 2026

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

28th of 33 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 · Under constructionNucor Sheet Mill West Virgini…
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West Virginia, promise by promise

Largest announced capital first. Each row links to its announcement and to the source for its latest status.

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

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

    Steel · WV

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

    sources · promise nucor.com · status steelmarketupdate.com

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    Under construction2y 3m 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. A person has checked every figure here against its sources, and every check is public. We log every correction made after publication, with its reason.

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We recount every promise each quarter. The next one is due at the end of Q4 2026.

How we collected this
Data: Promised vs. Produced Tracker, 165 promises at the $1B or 2,000 direct jobs floor across 33 states, verified through 2026-10-03 · A person verified every promise against its sources, and we have logged 88 corrections · 165 of 165 carry both a promise source and a status source · map: Census cartographic boundaries via us-atlas, AlbersUSA · We placed each site at its town by hand and drew the bars and marks from the Tracker, without a chart library