October 2022 Group Watch: $2.5 Billion Aluminum Mill Coming to AL
Site work has begun on one of Alabama’s most prominent construction projects, a $2.5 billion aluminum mill being built by Atlanta-based Novelis in Baldwin County that is the first facility of its kind constructed in the United States for 40 years. Crews are engaged in earthwork, excavation and piling at the site in the 3,000-acre South Alabama Mega Site in Bay Minette. Over the next three months, Novelis will construct two new roadways on the site and expand the utility infrastructure necessary to begin building construction. The facility is expected to employ 1,000 people at full production, scheduled for mid-2025. Novelis said it has hired the core leadership team for the multi-year effort to build the Alabama facility. AIDT, the state’s primary workforce development agency and part of the Alabama Department of Commerce, is assisting Norvelis in assembling and training of its workforce.
