# MetalX to build $250 million aluminum recycling plant in Defiance, Ohio

MetalX, LLC plans to invest at least $250 million to develop an aluminum recycling plant in Defiance, Ohio, creating 180 jobs. The facility will include an aluminum scrap shredding and sortation plant and an aluminum rolling slab manufacturing plant.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-01-04
- Where: Defiance, Ohio, United States
- Value: $250.0M
- Jobs: 180
- Status: announced
- Products: aluminum scrap shredding, aluminum rolling slabs
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [MetalX](https://endata.com/companies/26230.md)

## Sources

- [crescent-news.com](https://www.crescent-news.com/news/local_news/metal-x-aluminum-recycling-facility-has-chosen-defiance-for-new-plant/article_9029e41c-c2f0-11ef-9c5f-9719f267dadd.html), 2025-01-04: "An Indiana company has announced plans to invest at least $250 million in a new Defiance operation that it says will employ 180 workers."

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