Item 2. Properties

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We own all of our principal operating facilities. These facilities, by segment, are as follows:

The steel mills segment also includes Skyline, our steel foundation distributor with U.S. manufacturing facilities in eight states and one facility in Canada, the majority of which are owned. Additionally, we have a distribution center in Veracruz, Mexico.

In the steel products segment, we have approximately 70 operating facilities, in addition to the 8 listed above, in 37 states and 28 operating facilities in Canada. Our affiliate, Harris Steel Inc., also operates multiple sales offices in Canada and certain other foreign locations.

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In the raw materials segment, DJJ has 67 operating facilities in 15 states along with multiple brokerage offices in the United States and certain other foreign locations. Nucor’s raw materials segment also includes our DRI facilities in Point Lisas, Trinidad and St. James Parish, Louisiana. A significant portion of the DRI production process occurs outdoors. The Trinidad site, including leased land, is approximately 1.84 million square feet. The Louisiana site has approximately 174.2 million square feet of owned land with buildings that total approximately 72,000 square feet.

The average utilization rates of all operating facilities in the steel mills, steel products and raw materials segments in 2016 were approximately 80%, 63% and 62% of production capacity, respectively. During the fourth quarter of 2016, we revised our steel mill capacity estimates to reflect the impact of the shift in our product mix in recent years to include a greater diversity and proportion of value-added products which often run more slowly on our mills.

We also own our principal executive office in Charlotte, North Carolina.