# Steel Dynamics breaks ground on aluminum rolling mill in Mississippi

Steel Dynamics Inc., operating as Aluminum Dynamics, broke ground on a new aluminum rolling facility in Columbus, Mississippi. The integrated hot and cold rolling complex will have a capacity of 650,000 tonnes of aluminum strip per year. Orders for equipment were placed with SMS group and EBNER.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-03-07
- Where: Columbus, Mississippi, United States
- Value: $2.50B
- Jobs: 850
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 650,000 tonnes of aluminum strip per year
- Products: aluminum sheet for cans, vehicles, and industrial applications
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Steel Dynamics](https://endata.com/companies/895.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)
- [EBNER Group](https://endata.com/companies/38020.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [lightmetalage.com](https://www.lightmetalage.com/news/industry-news/flat-rolled-sheet/aluminum-dynamics-breaks-ground-and-orders-new-equipment-for-its-mississippi-rolling-plant/), 2023-03-21: "Steel Dynamics Inc. broke ground on its new aluminum rolling facility in Columbus, Mississippi."
- [insights.globalspec.com](https://insights.globalspec.com/article/20605/massive-aluminum-factory-breaks-ground-in-mississippi), 2023-05-31: "The groundbreaking began for an aluminum plant coming to Lowndes County in Mississippi."
- [siteselection.com](https://siteselection.com/how-columbus-landed-a-generational-deal/), 2023-08-01: "We are eager to move this significant investment forward."

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