North Star Delta Third Electric-Arc-Furnace Expansion

BlueScope approved a $700 million expansion of its North Star mini-mill in Delta, adding a third electric-arc furnace, a second caster and a shuttle furnace. The project increased annual steelmaking capacity by approximately 850,000 metric tons, added approximately 100 permanent jobs and began ramping production in August 2022. The separately approved $130 million North Star debottlenecking program is tracked as its own record and excluded from these figures.

Investment
$700.0M
Permanent jobs announced
100
Status
Operational
Operations began
Aug 1, 2022
Why this project qualifies

With $700 million in facility-specific investment and 100 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($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
$700.0M
Permanent jobs announced
100
Status
Operational
Announced
Aug 15, 2019
Operations began
Aug 1, 2022
Added to tracker
Feb 15, 2026
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