Trump announces $15B Mesabi Metallics steel plant in Iowa

President Trump announced that Mesabi Metallics will build the largest steel plant in the US in the state of Iowa.

The plant will produce 10 million tons of steel per year using iron ore from the company’s mine in Minnesota, Trump said at a press conference at the White House on Monday.

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Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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