# Braidy Industries to break ground on $1.3B aluminum mill in Ashland

Braidy Industries will break ground on June 1, 2018, for its $1.3 billion aluminum rolling mill in Ashland, Kentucky. The mill is expected to take about two years to build and will be the first greenfield aluminum rolling mill in the U.S. in over 40 years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-19
- Where: Ashland, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $1.30B
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: Jun 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 tons of aluminum alloy sheet and plate per year
- Products: aluminum
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Braidy Industries](https://endata.com/companies/23234.md)
- [Kiewit](https://endata.com/companies/6142.md) (partner)
- [Veloxint](https://endata.com/companies/30570.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [kentuckytoday.com](https://www.kentuckytoday.com/state/braidy-industries-breaking-ground-june-1-in-ashland/article_964b75ae-8ea6-5e6b-84e6-018d7b511a7f.html), 2018-05-19: "Braidy Industries will break ground on its $1.3 billion mill in Ashland on June 1."
- [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/business-kentucky-ashland-f6f0d8e30cf047679887a62cd84bc981), 2018-06-02: "Just about 24 hours before it was set to break ground in eastern Kentucky on a $1.3 billion aluminum mill, Braidy Industries announced Thursday that it also has invested $3.4 million to acquire additional land and buildings at the EastPark Industrial Center."
- [thefabricator.com](https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/news/metalsmaterials/braidy-industries-to-build-aluminum-rolling-mill-in-kentucky), 2018-06-04: "The mill already has sold out its entire production capacity for the first seven years."
- [lightmetalage.com](https://www.lightmetalage.com/tag/aluminum-rolling/page/8/), 2018-06-07: "Braidy Industries broke ground on its $1.3 billion greenfield aluminum rolling complex in Ashland, Kentucky."
- [digital.enr.com](https://digital.enr.com/articles/kiewit-building-kentucky-aluminum-mill), 2018-09-17: "Braidy Atlas will be the first greenfield aluminum mill in North America in years"

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