President Trump is scheduled to make an announcement on plans for a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa during an event in the Oval Office this afternoon.
Trump had suggested that the announcement would center on AI, telling reporters that he had dinner plans at the White House with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The comment came after he returned from the Presidents Cup golf tournament in Chicago late last night.
On Tuesday, Trump will also meet with Amodei and other top AI CEOs at the White House with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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However, reports suggest that Trump is set to announce that a new $15 billion steel mill, the largest in US history, will be built in eastern Iowa by Minnesota-based Mesabi Metallics.
Per Reuters:
Trump is expected to unveil the proposal at the White House with executives from Mesabi Metallics, which recently opened Minnesota’s first new iron ore mine in 50 years, a White House official said.
The project will be fully vertically integrated, with Mesabi using iron ore from its Minnesota mine to produce steel in Iowa. The first phase will produce 7.5 million tons of steel annually, with the plant eventually expected to reach 10 million tons, which the White House described as the largest steel plant in US history.
The Minnesota mine represents a $2.5 billion investment and is expected to create about 350 jobs, while the Iowa steel plant is expected to create at least 1,750 permanent jobs, the official said. The first phase is also expected to support 5,000 to 6,000 construction jobs, the official said.
“President Trump is delivering on his promise to rebuild American industry, reshore manufacturing, and create new jobs,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said.
Trump is scheduled to make the announcement with Mesabi Metallics executives at 2 pm ET.
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