Trump unveils Essar’s new steel plant in Iowa
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Updated – September 29, 2026 07:50 am IST – Washington
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (September 28, 2026) unveiled Essar Group’s plans to build a massive steel plant in Iowa, at an investment of $15 billion.
Mr. Trump made the announcement in the Oval Office with Essar Group co-founder Ravi Ruia and his son Rewant by his side.
"Today, we're thrilled to announce that Mesabi Metallics will be building the largest steel plant in American history in the great state of Iowa," Mr. Trump said.
Essar Group's Mesabi Metallics chairman, Rewant Ruia, thanked Mr. Trump “for bringing back the importance of building things in America.”
Mesabi Metallics is building the plant with the aim of starting production by 2030, a White House official said.
The facility is expected to produce 10 million tonnes of steel a year and create as many as 1,750 permanent jobs in the state, the official said.
The plant will use iron ore from a new mine that the company invested $2.5 billion to build in Minnesota. The mine will produce about 7.5 million tonnes of iron per year and create about 350 jobs in the state, the White House official said, noting that it will be the first new iron mine in the U.S. in 50 years.
The mine is based in Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range, which stretches 80 to 100 miles and contributed about 60 per cent of total iron ore production in the U.S. during the 20th century.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; John Jovanovic, chair of the Export-Import Bank; and David Copley, senior director for Global Supply Chain, were among the other people present at the announcement.
“This plant will use the latest technology and will compete head-to-head with any steel plant in the world on size, quality and on cost,” Rewant Ruia said.
Published – September 29, 2026 07:49 am IST
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