Golden Aluminum Fort Lupton Mill
Large load · 1405 14th St, Fort Lupton, CO
Golden Aluminum operates an aluminum sheet mill at 1405 E. 14th St, Fort Lupton, Weld County, Colorado, served by United Power. A Nexcast strip caster began commercial operation in 2025. No site MW demand figure is published.
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Overview
Golden Aluminum and SMS group announced the successful commercial start-up of the nexcast aluminum strip caster, now operating at the Fort Lupton facility. The line transforms molten metal directly into 36-inch-wide hot-rolled coils for subsequent cold rolling and coating.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- United Power describes Golden Aluminum as one of the co-op's largest industrial members, which received $22.3 million to electrify their processes. A project narrative filed with the city describes an Interactive Distributed Generation System with three Power Bank Generators for standby and electrical load management.
- Ownership and investment
- The company was purchased by Golden Metals, Inc., owned by Lupton Ventures, an investment group based in Iowa. The Department of Energy awarded the Nexcast mini mill project more than $22.3 million.
Facility
- Activity
- Aluminum sheet coil manufacturing
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Aug 28, 2025
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Timeline
- Jul 5, 2025
- First hot-rolled coil from nexcast caster
Golden Aluminum and SMS group put innovative nexcast<sup>®</sup> aluminum strip caster - SMS group GmbH