Auto supplier to redevelop former Alabama steel mill site
The facility will make aluminum and plastic components for US automakers.
The facility will make aluminum and plastic components for US automakers.
The causes of the fires are still under investigation.
“There's absolutely no doubt that aluminum will be a growth platform for us going forward,” said Mark Millett, co-founder, chairman & CEO of the Indiana-based steelmaker.
“Both parties will now solely focus their greenfield development efforts in the United States on the Inola, Okla., site,” the companies said in a press release.
Atalco is getting a $450 million infusion to expand production in Louisiana
The changes are happening months after recent fires took parts of the facility offline.
A cluster of Airbus announcements reveals how quickly the OEM is tightening and rebalancing its US supply chain.
Novelis Oswego plant in upstate New York has partly reopened after another fire broke out on Nov. 20.
As Aluminum Dynamics' Mississippi mill ramps up without feedstock from its delayed Benson recycler, UBC scrap availability could tighten heading into 2026.
The Millersburg site will add a production facility to Ball’s Pacific Northwest portfolio, just over a year after the company shuttered its can manufacturing plant in Kent, Washington.