North Star Delta Debottlenecking Program

BlueScope approved a separate $130 million debottlenecking program at its North Star mill in Delta. Hot-strip-mill, cooling, downcoiler, slab-temperature and material-flow upgrades are expected to raise annual output by approximately 300,000 metric tons, with full run rate targeted for FY2028. Permanent employment was not disclosed, so AFT records no jobs rather than reusing the third-EAF expansion's 100 positions. The earlier $700 million third-electric-arc-furnace expansion is tracked as its own record and excluded from these figures.

Investment
$130.0M
Permanent jobs announced
Jobs not announced
Status
Under Construction
Expected opening
Jun 1, 2028
Why this project qualifies

With $130 million in facility-specific investment, this project clears AFT's $100 million investment threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.

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Why it matters

The steel context.

American steelmakers are building a new generation of electric-arc-furnace mills alongside expanded sheet, plate, rebar and coating lines. Nucor, U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel Dynamics, CMC, BlueScope and Hyundai Steel are adding capacity for automakers, construction and grid infrastructure across the industrial Midwest, Southeast and Southwest.

Project record

At a glance

Company
BlueScope
Industry
Steel
Location
Delta, Ohio
Investment
$130.0M
Permanent jobs announced
Jobs not announced
Status
Under Construction
Announced
Aug 19, 2024
Expected opening
Jun 1, 2028
Added to tracker
Feb 15, 2026
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