Kingman Scrap Steel Mill, Arizona

Looming on Interstate 40 west of Kingman, this steel mini mill was built by North Star Steel in 1996, the seventh of several mini mills built by the company. This facility makes rebar and wire core rod, with waste metal imported from the scrap yards of Las Vegas and Los Angeles. North Star Steel, owned by Cargill, employed about 250 people. North Star Steel closed the plant in 2002, and in 2003 it was purchased by the Nucor Corporation.