Promised vs. Produced Tracker · Iowa · updated 10/2026

Iowa has been promised 1 factory since 2017. It is not producing yet.

13th of 33 states by announced capital · fewer than three promises, not ranked by share producing

1 promise · $15B announced · 0 producing · 1 not yet producing

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Mesabi Metallics Steel Mill (Lee County, Iowa) · $15.0B · AnnouncedMesabi Metallics Steel Mill (…
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Iowa, promise by promise

Largest announced capital first. Every row links the announcement and the latest status it was built from.

announcement to promised first output past the promised date, not producing producing × promise cancelled or closed

  1. Mesabi Metallics Steel Mill (Lee County, Iowa)

    Steel · IA

    $15.0B · 1,750 jobs · announced Sep 2026 · promised 2030 · first output: not yet

    sources · promise whitehouse.gov · status mprnews.org

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    Announceddue in 3y 9m

Dates follow the announcement's own precision: a year with no month is drawn at mid-year, a quarter at its middle month. A person has checked every figure here against its sources, and every check is public. Corrections after publication are logged with a reason.

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How we collected this
Data: Promised vs. Produced Tracker, 165 promises at the $1B or 2,000 direct jobs floor across 33 states, verified through 2026-10-02 · Every promise verified by a person against its sources; 87 corrections logged · 165 of 165 carry both a promise source and a status source · map: Census cartographic boundaries via us-atlas, AlbersUSA · site coordinates placed at the town by hand · bars and marks drawn from the Tracker, no chart library