Novelis breaks ground on Bay Minette rolling mill, targets automotive closures
The $4.1 billion greenfield rolling mill in Alabama is still the single-largest aluminum project in the US, with Novelis now targeting 600,000 tons of finished capacity by 2027.
Novelis formally broke ground on its Bay Minette rolling and recycling complex in southern Alabama, marking the largest single aluminum investment in North America. The $4.1 billion project will produce 600,000 tons of finished sheet annually, largely for automotive body-in-white and closure applications.
The company said first coil is still on schedule for the fourth quarter of 2027. Around 40% of the feedstock will come from a co-located recycling plant capable of processing used beverage cans and post-industrial scrap from the automotive stamping base.
Novelis executives described the Alabama site as a strategic hedge against transatlantic logistics risk and a way to directly serve EV platforms being built in Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Ford, Stellantis, and Rivian are already named reference customers.
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Jordan Keene
OEM programs, EV drive units, and tier-1 supply chain reporting from Detroit.
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