With $4 billion in facility-specific investment and 1,000 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.
View full methodology →The aluminum & other metals context.
Facilities that smelt, refine, recycle, roll, extrude, or cast nonferrous metals, including aluminum, copper, titanium, and nickel alloys. Iron and steel remain in Steel. Critical-mineral processing and battery-specific materials follow their dedicated category rules.
At a glance
- Company
- Oklahoma Primary Aluminum
- Industry
- Aluminum & Other Metals
- Location
- Inola, Oklahoma
- Investment
- $4.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,000
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- May 16, 2025
- Opening timeline
- Not yet announced
- Added to tracker
- Oct 14, 2026
Official references
- Emirates Global Aluminium — original project and investment announcement, May 2025 https://media.ega.ae/ega-progresses-plans-to-build-first-new-primary-aluminium-production-plant-in-the-us-since-1980-in-oklahoma/
- Century Aluminum — ownership and permanent jobs, January 2026 https://investors.centuryaluminum.com/news-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2026/Century-Aluminum-Joins-EGA-Project-to-Build-First-U-S--Smelter-in-Almost-50-Years/default.aspx
- Oklahoma Primary Aluminum — September 2026 company confirmation https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-economic-impact-study-oklahoma-primary-aluminum-to-generate-49-billion-for-oklahoma-302886776.html
- Office of Governor Kevin Stitt — response to the Inola moratorium, September 2026 https://oklahoma.gov/governor/newsroom/newsroom/2026/governor-stitt-responds-to-inola-moratorium-on-primary-aluminum-facility.html
- Reuters — corroborating status report, September 18, 2026 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/whats-next-trumps-aluminum-smelter-project-oklahoma-2026-09-18/
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Inola Primary Aluminum Smelter — Oklahoma Primary Aluminum, OK." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/oklahoma-primary-aluminum-inola-smelter. Accessed October 15, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.