stahl und eisen - Nucor Corporation announced today consolidated net earnings of $778.2 million, or $2.45 per diluted share, for the full year 2011, an increase of more than fivefold over net earnings of $134.1 million, or $0.42 per diluted share for the full year 2010. Nucor reported consolidated net earnings of $137.1 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with a net loss of $11.4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2010 and net earnings of $181.5 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2011.
Source: Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, N.C.