Alro Metals opened a new 254,000-square-foot facility in Oviedo, Florida, expanding local inventory and processing capabilities for the Orlando market. The facility stocks a broad range of metals and features tube laser and plate laser equipment.

Metallus Inc. was awarded a US Defense Logistics Agency contract with an initial $125 million purchase order and a total contract value of up to $995 million over five years.

G&G Steel Inc. has been awarded a $14,016,810 firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fabricate and deliver a steel connector bridge and related components. Work will be performed in Memphis, Tennessee, with completion expected by February 15, 2028.

U.S. Steel is building a $1.9 billion direct reduced iron facility next to Big River 2 in Arkansas, enabling hot DRI to be transferred directly into electric arc furnaces.

SMS group completed pre-assembly of a new rolling stand for Nucor Steel's Steckel mill modernization in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The project transforms the mill into a tandem Steckel mill for thin, high-strength plate and hot-rolled strip production.

Mercer International has reached restructuring support agreements to cut debt via a prepackaged Chapter 11 filing, exchanging about USD 1.1 billion of senior notes for equity and securing USD 400 million in new capital. The plan is expected to be completed by end-2026.

SteelFab, Inc. is expanding its operations in Florence County, South Carolina, with a $38.92 million investment to build a new facility producing fabricated steel parts for U.S. naval defense. The project will create 108 new jobs and is expected to be online in September 2027.

Nova Steel has acquired the Ohio-based manufacturing assets of Sheffield Steel, boosting its production capacity for flat-rolled steel used by automotive and appliance makers.

National Material Company has completed its acquisition of Arlington Metals Corp., a toll processor based in Franklin Park, Illinois. The acquisition allows National Material to serve customers across a broader range of markets and metals.

Nucor Corp. will invest $60 million to expand its Towers & Structures steel utility poles manufacturing facility in Decatur, Alabama, creating 60 jobs. The expansion will increase utility pole production capacity and add laydown and galvanizing-inspection space.

Steel Dynamics has bought the remaining 55% stake in New Process Steel, a Houston-based metals solutions and supply chain firm, adding six plants across the United States and Mexico and 1,275 employees.

Canada's Seatply, a Montreal furniture components producer, plans to buy Autumn House, a curved plywood maker in Granite Falls, North Carolina. It will spend several million dollars on new machinery at the plant.

ClearFlow Metalworks plans to invest $28 million to establish an aluminum manufacturing facility in Russellville, Kentucky, creating 50 new full-time jobs. Phase I will be a secondary aluminum billet casting facility with an estimated annual production capacity of approximately 100,000 tons.

Hydro held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 27, 2026, for a new 5,900 tonne indirect extrusion press line at its Cressona, Pennsylvania plant. The US$53.5 million investment will modernize production capabilities.

Flux Steel Works unveiled plans to renovate and re-equip a former ATI steel plant in Ohio to produce grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) for power transformers. The announcement was made on September 16, 2026.

Novelis, a Hindalco subsidiary, is building a 600 KT greenfield aluminium rolling and recycling plant at Bay Minette, Alabama, now expected to cost around $5 billion. About two-thirds of output is to serve North American beverage packaging, under long-term customer contracts.

Western Steel plans a processing and fabrication facility in Fernley, Nevada, as part of state-approved projects announced on 14 August 2026. Investment and job figures for this project were not included in the article excerpt.

Victaulic broke ground on a new facility at its existing foundry in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 2026. The $100 million investment is expected to create over 200 new jobs.

Somnigroup International agreed to acquire Leggett & Platt in an all-stock transaction valued at about $2.5 billion, with Leggett & Platt shareholders receiving 0.1455 Somnigroup shares per share. The deal is expected to close by year-end 2026, subject to approvals.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a five-year IDIQ contract with a maximum value of $654 million to process aluminum plate for multiple Lockheed Martin defense platforms, including the F-35, from January 2027 through December 2028.

Reliance subsidiary AMI Metals was awarded a multi-year contract by the US Department of Homeland Security worth up to $2.24 billion to supply and logistically support steel bollards and plates for the Southwest border wall, running through December 2028.

Custom Pipe & Fabrication, Inc. completed its acquisition of ProFab Corporation, a Lubbock, Texas stainless and carbon steel fabricator serving pump manufacturers. The deal expands Custom Pipe's pump fabrication and machining capacity.

Vallourec committed at least $39 million, up to $48 million, to add a VAM premium threading line at its Youngstown, Ohio facility. The project will create 40 full-time jobs, with completion expected by early 2027.

Clow Valve, part of McWane, unveiled an $80 million, 36,000 square-foot foundry expansion in Oskaloosa, Iowa, which nearly doubles its production capacity. The project broke ground in 2023.

Clow Valve, part of McWane, held a ceremony opening its $80 million, 36,000-square-foot foundry expansion in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The expansion nearly doubles production capacity, retains area jobs and automates foundry control systems.

Novelis, a subsidiary of Hindalco, said in its quarterly earnings release that its $4.1 billion greenfield rolling and recycling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama is progressing, with equipment being installed and operations expected in the second half of calendar 2026.

Welspun Corp won a $580 million contract to supply coated line pipe for a natural gas pipeline network in the Permian Basin of western Texas, to be produced at its US subsidiary Welspun Tubular LLC. Deliveries are expected in fiscal 2028-29. The article's date details are internally inconsistent.

Tyler Union, a McWane company, held a ribbon cutting for its new 53,000-square-foot large diameter foundry in Anniston, Alabama, at a cost of about $25 million. The project is projected to create 15 to 25 additional jobs.

Tecnocap plans to invest $4.5 million to buy and renovate a facility in Bellaire, Ohio, consolidating operations for its metal closure manufacturing and creating an estimated 29 jobs.

ArcelorMittal has made a $1.2 billion investment to build an advanced non-grain-oriented electrical steel manufacturing facility in Alabama. The plant will produce up to 150,000 metric tons of NOES annually.

Welspun Tubular LLC, a subsidiary of Welspun Corp, announced a $100 million investment to expand and upgrade its pipe portfolio at its Little Rock, Arkansas plant, adding 175 jobs with production expected from Q1 2026.

Geis Development is constructing a 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for Viega in Shalersville, Ohio, representing about $200 million of investment. Construction began in November 2023 and completion is expected in early 2025.

Victaulic announced a $100 million expansion in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, adding a 150,000-square-foot foundry addition and a 60,000-square-foot CNC machine shop, with at least 214 new jobs. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is investing $1.5 million in the project, announced on 2 July 2024.

A.Y. McDonald plans a $340 million project in Grant County, Wisconsin, including a new brass foundry in Dickeyville, scheduled for production in 2026, and expansion at its Kieler plant. The project is expected to create 173 jobs over five years.

Novelis signed a contract to supply aluminum beverage packaging sheet to Ardagh Metal Packaging's metal production facilities in North America. It is the third major beverage packaging contract Novelis has signed in under seven months.

GF Central Plastics broke ground on a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 41401 Wolverine Road in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The $30 million investment is expected to create up to 300 full-time jobs upon opening.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry held the grand opening of a new $460 million foundry in Oakboro, North Carolina, on 700 acres in Stanly County. It replaces the company's century-old Uptown Charlotte cast iron foundry.

Viega will build a new manufacturing facility in Shalersville, Ohio, about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, to make its ProPress and MegaPress metal pipe fittings and valves. The investment is approximately $200 million.

Summit Steel & Manufacturing, Fairlawn Tool, Laser Specialties and Summit Storage Solutions announced the formation of a single manufacturing entity, Caldera Manufacturing Group, in October 2023.

Novelis signed an anchor customer contract with Ball Corporation in early 2023 to supply aluminum beverage can sheet from its new Bay Minette, Alabama plant, which has secured all of that plant's beverage can capacity. The plant is expected to begin commissioning in 2025.

Novelis signed a long-term anchor customer contract with Ball Corporation to supply aluminum can sheet from its new Bay Minette, Alabama plant, which has secured all of the plant's beverage can capacity. The plant is expected to begin commissioning in 2025.

Clow Valve, part of McWane Inc., began construction to expand its Oskaloosa, Iowa iron foundry with a $75 million investment adding 36,000 square feet. The project replaces manufacturing equipment up to 45 years old and is expected to nearly double production output.

A.Y. McDonald broke ground on a new brass foundry in Dickeyville, Wisconsin, expected to employ about 150 workers at initial capacity and be fully operational by summer 2026. The cost was described as nine figures but not disclosed.

Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, received an order to supply 72-inch insulated joints for the expansion of the Atoka Water Pipeline for the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust. Shipments run from 2023 to 2024 and terms were not disclosed.

Novelis signed a new long-term contract to supply aluminum can sheet to Coca-Cola's authorized North American bottlers via CCBSS, with supply partly from its Bay Minette, Alabama plant under construction and due to commission in 2025. The deal includes closed-loop recycling and a confidential multi-year volume.

Victaulic acquired Horizon Metals Inc., a family-owned iron and steel foundry in Nephi, Utah, on March 30, 2023 to add large-diameter piping capacity in North America.

WestRock agreed to divest its ownership interest in RTS Packaging to joint venture partner Sonoco for $330 million, and to sell its Eaton, Indiana and Aurora, Illinois uncoated recycled paperboard mills to Ox Industries for $50 million. Closing is expected in the first half of 2023.

Novelis has started construction of a $2.5bn aluminium recycling and rolling facility in Bay Minette, Alabama, which is scheduled for commissioning in mid-2025 and will initially process 600,000t of finished aluminium a year. The company expects to create up to 1,000 jobs.

Manna Capital Partners will build and operate an aluminum can sheet rolling mill and recycling center in Los Lunas, New Mexico, in alliance with Ball Corporation, which will sign a long-term supply agreement and take a minority equity stake in the mill.

Welspun Corp received an order worth more than ₹5,000 crore to supply 325,000 MT of large-diameter coated pipes for natural gas transport from the Permian Basin to Houston. The pipes will be made at its Little Rock plant, with execution over 12 months from the second half of FY23.