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Essar Group to Build US's Largest Steel Plant; Indian Pilot Hailed a Hero
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Firstpost•03-10-2026, 09:41
Essar Group to Build US's Largest Steel Plant; Indian Pilot Hailed a Hero
- •India's Essar Group plans to invest $15 billion in its US subsidiary, Mesabi Metallics, to build the largest steel plant in the US, creating 1,750 permanent jobs in Iowa.
- •Indian captain Smit Machchhar saved a Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX with 180 passengers from a deliberate crash attempt by his Omani co-pilot, receiving applause from PM Modi.
- •Delhi is hosting an online contest to find the capital's "fattest dog," generating significant public engagement and campaign material.
- •Student protests erupted at Lovely Professional University and Chitkara University in Punjab, leading to exam postponements and class suspensions.
- •Amul is expanding globally by partnering with overseas dairy cooperatives to use local milk and facilities, rather than shipping milk from India.
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India's Essar Group, through its US subsidiary Mesabi Metallics, plans to invest approximately $15 billion to build a massive steel complex in Iowa, with a total investment reaching about $18 billion including a new iron ore mine in Minnesota, which will be the largest steel plant of its kind in American history.
The steel plant will use iron ore sourced from a new mine developed in Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range, establishing an integrated, 100 percent American mine-to-mill supply chain from mining to steel production.
The large-scale steel project is expected to take about a decade to develop, with steel production officially targeted to start around 2030.
