New steel and metals plants in the US
We track 71 large steel and metals plant projects announced in the US since 2021, with $33 billion and 17,957 jobs announced in total. 5 are under construction, 4 are operating and 62 are announced only.
- Projects
- 71
- Announced
- $33B
- Jobs announced
- 17,957
- States
- 26
- Revised
- November 11, 2026
The biggest projects
Louisiana EAF steel mill, RiverPlex MegaPark in Donaldsonville, Louisiana: $5.8 billion announced with 1,400 jobs, now under construction. Oklahoma primary aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma: $4.0 billion announced with 1,000 jobs, now announced. Big River 2 (BR2) mini mill in Osceola, Arkansas: $3.0 billion announced with 900 jobs, now operating.
Every project we track
| Project | Status | Announced |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana EAF steel mill, RiverPlex MegaParkHyundai Steel (with POSCO), Donaldsonville, LA | Under construction | $5.8B1,400 jobs |
| Oklahoma primary aluminum smelterEmirates Global Aluminium (60%) / Century Aluminum (40%), Inola, OK | Announced | $4.0B1,000 jobs |
| Big River 2 (BR2) mini millUnited States Steel Corporation, Osceola, AR | Operating | $3.0B900 jobs |
| Nucor Steel West Virginia sheet millNucor Corporation, Apple Grove, WV | Under construction | $2.7B800 jobs |
| Bay Minette aluminum recycling and rolling plantNovelis Inc., Bay Minette, AL | Operating(reported) | $2.5B1,000 jobs |
| Columbus aluminum flat rolled millSteel Dynamics, Inc. (Aluminum Dynamics), Columbus, MS | Operating | $2.5B1,000 jobs |
| Osceola direct reduced iron (DRI) facilityUnited States Steel Corporation, Osceola, AR | Under construction | $1.9B200 jobs |
| Northlake 10X rare earth magnet campus (expansion)MP Materials Corp., Northlake, TX | Announced | $1.3B1,500 jobs |
| ArcelorMittal Calvert non-grain-oriented electrical steel millArcelorMittal, Calvert, AL | Announced | $1.2B200 jobs |
| Middletown Works blast furnace rebuild and cogeneration projectCleveland-Cliffs Inc., Middletown, OH | Announced | $1.0Bjobs not stated |
| Hertford County specialty steel forging and fabrication plantUS Forged Rings, Inc., Cofield area, NC | Announced | $875M625 jobs |
| Chesapeake copper rod, magnet wire and rare-earth magnet complexLS Cable & System Ltd., Chesapeake, VA | Announced | $689M430 jobs |
| Kern County steel rebar millPacific Steel Group LLC, Kern County, CA | Announced | $543M447 jobs |
| East Alton copper rolling mill modernization expansionWieland Rolled Products North America, East Alton, IL | Under construction | $500Mjobs not stated |
| Guthrie aluminum recycling and sheet ingot casting centerNovelis, Guthrie, KY | Under construction | $365M140 jobs |
| Lexington rebar micro millNucor Corporation, Lexington, NC | Announced | $350M180 jobs |
| Dickeyville brass foundry and Kieler plant expansionA.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co., Dickeyville, WI | Announced | $340M173 jobs |
| Defiance aluminum recycling and slab casting campusMetalX LLC, Defiance, OH | Announced | $253M180 jobs |
| Vinton steel mini-mill expansionVinton Steel, LLC (Kyoei Steel), Vinton, TX | Announced | $229M180 jobs |
| Brigham City utility structures plantNucor Towers & Structures, Inc. (Nucor), Brigham City, UT | Announced | $205M200 jobs |
| Golden Triangle recycled aluminum slab centerAluminum Dynamics, Inc. (Steel Dynamics), Columbus, MS | Announced | $200M100 jobs |
| Tiptonville silicon metal refining plantSinova Global, Tiptonville, TN | Announced | $150M140 jobs |
| Little Rock LSAW pipe millWelspun Tubular, Pulaski County, AR | Announced | $150M300 jobs |
| Davenport Works aluminum casting complex expansionArconic Corp., Bettendorf, IA | Announced | $131M40 jobs |
| Nucor Towers & Structures Decatur transmission tower plantNucor Corporation, Decatur, AL | Announced | $125M200 jobs |
| Mingo Junction steel plant upgradeJSW Steel USA, Mingo Junction, OH | Announced | $119M26 jobs |
| Crawfordsville utility structures plantNucor Towers & Structures (Nucor Corporation), Crawfordsville, IN | Announced | $115M200 jobs |
| Temple superalloy and specialty metals plantSeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel (SeAH Group), Temple, TX | Announced | $110M100 jobs |
| Halls aluminum manufacturing plant (former Tupperware building)ALUKO Group, Halls, TN | Announced | $108M285 jobs |
| Kingman steel mill melt shop expansionNucor, Kingman, AZ | Announced | $100M140 jobs |
| Stillwater rare earth metal and NdFeB magnet plantUSA Rare Earth, Inc., Stillwater, OK | Operating | $100M100 jobs |
| Lawrenceville foundry expansionVictaulic, Lawrenceville, PA | Announced | $100M214 jobs |
| McBee rare earth and metals recycling plant (Alligator Industrial Park)Cyclic Materials, McBee, SC | Announced | $82M90 jobs |
| Bowling Green aluminum extrusion and finishing plant (Kentucky Transpark)AKFA Aluminum Solutions U.S. LLC, Bowling Green, KY | Announced | $80M331 jobs |
| Bath Charter Township fastener plantNorm Fasteners Co., Bath Charter Township, MI | Announced | $77M200 jobs |
| Theodore cryogenic container plant (second site)Chart Industries, Theodore, AL | Announced | $74M59 jobs |
| North Charleston copper rod plantRed Metals, North Charleston, SC | Announced | $70M45 jobs |
| Tin Ridge tin refining plantNathan Trotter, Martinsville area, VA | Announced | $65M118 jobs |
| Pittston CNC machining and laser cutting facilitySendCutSend, Inc., Pittston, PA | Announced | $63M309 jobs |
| Decatur Towers & Structures utility pole expansionNucor Corporation, Decatur, AL | Announced | $60M60 jobs |
| Bowling Green specialty aluminum casting facilityVMC Specialty Alloys LLC (Vista Metals), Bowling Green, KY | Announced | $60M50 jobs |
| St. Joe steel grating facility (expansion)Vulcraft (Nucor Corporation), St. Joe, IN | Announced | $59M20 jobs |
| Tradepoint Atlantic spiralweld steel pile millJD Fields HDM Spiralweld Mill, LLC (JD Fields & Company / HDM Steel Pipe), Sparrows Point, MD | Announced | $50M150 jobs |
| Jasper utility structures plant expansionValmont Industries, Jasper, TN | Announced | $45M84 jobs |
| Madison automotive steel blanking plantMadison Metal Processing (Toyota Tsusho America, Southern Mobility Products, SteelSummit JV), Madison, AL | Announced | $40M40 jobs |
| Youngstown seamless pipe threading line expansionVallourec, Youngstown, OH | Announced | $39M40 jobs |
| Florence naval defense steel fabrication expansionSteelFab, Inc., Florence, SC | Announced | $39M108 jobs |
| Adairsville industrial racking plantstow Group, Gordon County, GA | Announced | $36M200 jobs |
| Mansfield seamless tube and pipe plantGlobal Seamless Tubes & Pipes Pvt. Ltd., Mansfield, LA | Announced | $35M135 jobs |
| Independence aluminum extrusion expansionPries Enterprises, Inc., Independence, IA | Announced | $35M43 jobs |
| Ridgeway copper wire plantMega Metal Inc., Ridgeway, SC | Announced | $34M135 jobs |
| RIDC Armstrong Innovation Park metal stamping plantBrunk Industries, South Buffalo Township, PA | Announced | $32M64 jobs |
| Columbia structural steel fabrication plant (Metso Way)SteelFab Inc., Columbia, SC | Announced | $30M100 jobs |
| Manning precision metal components plantLatitude Corp., Manning, SC | Announced | $29M200 jobs |
| Russellville secondary aluminum billet casting plantClearFlow Metalworks, Russellville, KY | Announced | $28M50 jobs |
| Montpelier brass mill expansionWieland Chase, LLC (Wieland Group), Montpelier, OH | Announced | $28M43 jobs |
| Thomson metal fabrication plantMayville Engineering Company (MEC), Thomson, GA | Announced | $26M140 jobs |
| Livingston pipe fabrication expansion (large-diameter line)Epic Piping, LLC, Livingston, LA | Announced | $25M76 jobs |
| Portland wire mesh panel plant (relocation from Chicago area)Aspen Guard (Troax Group), Portland, TN | Announced | $23M120 jobs |
| McEwen wire products plant expansionNashville Wire Products, McEwen, TN | Announced | $20M102 jobs |
| Independence machining plant expansionGeater Machining and Manufacturing Co., Independence, IA | Announced | $16M100 jobs |
| Aliquippa pipe fabrication facilityMcCarl's LLC, Aliquippa, PA | Announced | $15M130 jobs |
| Washington steel pole coating and galvanizing facilitySouthland Industrial Coatings, LLC (Southland Steel Fabricators), Washington, LA | Announced | $13M120 jobs |
| Sparks sheet metal fabrication facilityFuture Form Manufacturing LLC, Sparks, NV | Announced | $11M100 jobs |
| Osceola steel manufacturing facilityMerrill Steel, Mississippi County, AR | Announced | —109 jobs |
| Delaware copper alloy products plantOnda USA LLC (Wieland), Delaware, OH | Announced | —100 jobs |
| West Chester stainless fittings plant expansionSteel & O'Brien Manufacturing Inc., West Chester Township, OH | Announced | —230 jobs |
| Pocahontas data center steel frame plantTate (Kingspan Group), Pocahontas, AR | Announced | —148 jobs |
| Devens additive manufacturing factory (third Massachusetts plant)VulcanForms, Devens, MA | Announced | —1,063 jobs |
| Bremen pressure vessel plant expansionWesterman, Inc., Bremen, OH | Announced | —210 jobs |
| Hebron nuclear equipment plant (new)Westerman, Inc., Hebron, OH | Announced | —135 jobs |
Investment and job figures are as announced by the company or state, not achieved. Status comes from the latest dated milestone with a source.
Announcements by year
- 2021: 2
- 2022: 8
- 2023: 6
- 2024: 10
- 2025: 19
- 2026: 26