In a statement, Nucor said Jacobs is heading to Brandenburg, Ky., to oversee the mill’s construction and hiring. He’ll also oversee operations once it’s up and running, which is expected to occur in 2022. The mill is Nucor’s single largest investment in its history.
Succeeding Jacobs at the Bourbonnais, Ill., USA, mill is Nucor veteran Jon Witherow. 

Witherow began his Nucor career in 2003 at Nucor’s plate mill in Hertford County, N.C. He later worked at Nucor mills in Ohio and South Carolina, and in 2017, he was named general manager of Nucor’s Italy joint venture, Duferdofin-Nucor.

The (Kankakee, Ill.) Daily Journal has more coverage here.