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Steel and Aluminum Nippon Steel/U.S. Steel Partnership—Japan’s Nippon Steel acquired U.S. Steel with the U.S. government holding a controlling “golden share.” Nippon has pledged $11 billion in upgrades, including a $4 billion new steel mill. Upgrades are ongoing at the Mon Valley Works near Pittsburgh, as well as in Gary, IN, and Birmingham, AL.
Hyundai Ultra-Low Carbon Steel Mill—South Korean Hyundai Motor Group is investing $5.8 billion in a new steel plant as part of its $26 billion U.S. commitment. Located at RiverPlex MegaPark in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, the facility will produce 2.7 million metric tons of steel annually for Hyundai’s U.S. auto plants.
Oklahoma Primary Aluminum Smelter—A joint venture between U.S.-based Century Aluminum (40%) and UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium (60%) to build the first new primary aluminum smelter in the U.S. since 1980. Located in Inola, OK, near Tulsa, the $4+ billion project will produce 750,000 metric tons annually—doubling U.S. capacity—with construction planned to start late 2026 and production by 2030, creating 1,000 permanent jobs plus 4,000 during construction.
Century Aluminum South Carolina Revival— Century Aluminum is investing $50 million to restart its Mt. Holly smelter, idle since 2015. Located in Berkeley County, SC, the project returns production to 2015 peak levels—over 200,000 tons per year.
Mining and Materials Processing America is reclaiming control of the critical minerals that underpin every modern industry.
MP Materials, Mountain Pass, CA—Formerly operated as Molycorp, this was the world’s leading mine and processor of rare earth minerals from the 1950s to the 1980s. But it shut down in 2002, unable to compete with China under the WTO regime. It is now back in operation with a $400 million Department of War investment.
Korea Zinc Tennessee Refinery—This $7.4 billion project includes a large modern smelter in Clarksville, TN, combined with a mine and processing facility in Gordonsville, TN. The new facilities will produce zinc, lead, copper, and rare earths. The U.S. Department of War holds a 40% stake.
Michigan Potash and Agriculture Mine—A $1.26 billion DOE loan guarantee and $80 million USDA grant, secured in 2025, set this project in motion to produce 10% of the country’s requirement for potash fertilizer. Located in Osceola County, MI, permitting is nearly complete, with operations expected by 2029.
Coal—New mine leases have been issued for mines on federal land in 2025—the first in four years—in MT, ND, AL, TN, and UT, with more in the planning stages.
All this was made possible by trashing the endangerment finding of the EPA (climate) and standing up to the globalist climate cartel.
You know what happens to culture and the arts during an industrial revolution? They soar.
Do you know what happens to family formation during an industrial revolution? That’s right. Soaring.
Oil, Natural Gas and Power
President Trump’s January 20, 2025, “Declaring a National Energy Emergency” unleashed investment across the grid. Ten major LNG terminals are in the process of being built or permitted along the Gulf Coast and in Alaska. Combined, they are set to more than double U.S. LNG export capacity by 2030.
Woodside Louisiana LNG—$17.5 billion secured, construction started September 2025, first operations expected late 2029.
Pikka Phase 1 Oil Project—About to be completed, this will be the first new Alaskan North Slope oil increase since 2002, accelerated by Trump’s Executive Orders, with first oil expected spring 2026.
Homer City Redevelopment—Indiana County, PA. A $10 billion project featuring a 4.4 GW natural gas power plant—the largest in the country—and a data center.
Transformers—One of the critical vulnerabilities of our electrical grid is being addressed. Six major new plant expansions were announced in 2025 or early 2026, including Hitachi Energy South Boston in Virginia, which will become the largest U.S. manufacturing site for large power transformers upon completion in 2028.
Trump has called for quadrupling nuclear capacity from 100 GW to 400 GW by 2050. Among the projects now in motion:
Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Reactors—U.S. government partnership with Westinghouse to build 10 advanced Gen III reactors of 1,100 MW each, with locations including Jenkinsville, SC, and Amarillo, TX.
Constellation Crane Clean Energy Center (Restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1)—Londonderry, PA. Targeted restart: summer 2027.
Small Modular Reactors—Half a dozen companies are in the process of building or in advanced stages of planning and permitting for SMRs. Two companies (NuScale Power and TerraPower) are the most advanced and are heading for commercial power in the early 2030s.
Fusion Power—No longer “30 years away.” Three companies have a fighting chance to put power on the grid within five years: Commonwealth Fusion (Chesterfield County, VA), TAE (Foothill Ranch, CA and Helion (Everett, WA)
Auto, Ships, and Heavy Equipment
The manufacturing backbone of American communities is coming back.
Stellantis announced $13 billion over four years to expand U.S. manufacturing by 50%: reopening its Belvidere, IL, assembly plant and upgrading facilities in Toledo, OH, Warren, MI, Detroit, MI, and Kokomo, IN—creating over 5,000 jobs in four states.
General Motors pledged $4 billion over two years, shifting production from Mexico, with upgrades in Orion Township, MI, Kansas City, KS, Spring Hill, TN, and Tonawanda, NY.
Ford, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, Nissan, and Rolls-Royce all have expansions underway or in planning stages.
Hanwha Philly Shipyard—South Korea’s Hanwha Group is putting $5 billion into a major upgrade of the Philadelphia shipyard as part of South Korea’s $150 billion commitment to U.S. shipbuilding. It will train American workers in advanced shipbuilding, produce next-generation military submarines for both countries, and fill orders for LNG carriers and commercial tankers.
John Deere pledged $20 billion over 10 years for multiple projects, including a new excavator.
None of these depend on green energy. Why? Because green energy is a boutique operation for rich globalist virtue signallers meant to steal subsidy from the taxpayer.
The investments from the private sector into the physical economy are equally huge, as the big houses diversify away from globalism and carbon capture and alternative energy as profit. Trillions are moving into the marketplace.
