President Trump Announces New Iowa Steel Plant
President Donald J. Trump's full remarks at a White House announcement on a new steel plant in Iowa. He announced that Mesabi Metallics will build what he called the largest steel plant in American history in southeastern Iowa, producing 10 million tons of steel a year from iron ore mined at the company's mine in Minnesota, which he described as the first new iron ore mine in the United States in more than 50 years. He said the project is expected to create up to 6,000 construction jobs and nearly 2,000 manufacturing and mining jobs.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Energy Secretary Chris…
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