<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3UnKEP_1GnSMRkw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3UnKEP_1GnSMRkw00" width="1200" height="600" ><p>LEE COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Lee County could soon be home to the largest steel plant in the United States, however, the plans are also drawing concerns from those who live near the site.</p><p>“It is absolutely disgusting to see the greed of local politicians and businesses and their support of this project when there is so much unknown,” said a woman at the meeting.</p><p>The President of Mesabi Metallics Joe Broking said the Iowa plant will be part of his company’s steel making process that starts hundreds of miles upriver.</p><p>Broking said, “Taking our product all the way from mining in Northern Minnesota to melting and pouring in Iowa.”</p><p>Broking discussed what the plant intends to do, which is to bring product down from its Minnesota plant to Lee County. He also said the plant will benefit area schools, grow the population, and benefit the economy. But he admits they’ll pull water from the Mississippi River and other resources.</p><p>He explained, “We would expect that that water that we take and the water that we put through the process will be cleaner than what we took.”</p><p>Broking said this is the first meeting he and Mesabi plan to hold in Lee County to answer more questions from the public while it works to move the project forward.</p><p>Neighbors also questioned the physical toll construction would take on the area and who would be hired to build it.</p><p>“The road machinery, the equipment. Who are you going to use? Are you going to keep it local?” said a man in the audience.</p><p>While it works to move the project forward, Broking said his company is still working to secure the land for the project near the Mississippi River.</p><p>He said Mesabi Metallics plans to start building by late next year.</p><p><b>SEE THE FULL MEETING BELOW.</b></p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ChIFtatcmc0?si=DV2KyIJgmcmKYmVB" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div></div></body>

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