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). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →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.
At a glance
- Company
- BlueScope
- Industry
- Steel
- Location
- Delta, Ohio
- Investment
- $130.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- Not disclosed
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Aug 19, 2024
- Expected opening
- Jun 1, 2028
- Added to tracker
- Feb 15, 2026
Official references
- BlueScope FY2024 results investor presentation disclosing the approved debottlenecking program https://www.bluescope.com/content/dam/bluescope/corporate/bluescope-com/investor/documents/2024_BlueScope_FY_Results_Investor_Presentation.pdf
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "North Star Delta Debottlenecking Program — BlueScope, Delta, OH." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/bluescope-north-star-debottlenecking. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.