Promised vs. Produced Tracker · Arkansas · as of Q3 2026

Arkansas has been promised 2 factories since 2017. 1 is producing.

26th of 33 states by announced capital · fewer than three promises, not ranked by share producing

2 promises · $4B announced · 1 producing · 1 not yet producing

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U.S. Steel Big River 2 (BR2) Osceola · $3.0B · ProducingHanwha Pine Bluff Arsenal Energetic Materials Plant · $1.3B · AnnouncedU.S. Steel Big River 2 (BR2)…Hanwha Pine Bluff Arsenal Ene…
producing not yet producing cancelled or closedmark area · announced capitalSites placed at the town · the largest promises are named · a mark opens its row

Arkansas, promise by promise

Largest announced capital first. Each row links to its announcement and to the source for its latest status.

announcement to promised first output past the promised date, not producing producing × promise cancelled or closed

  1. U.S. Steel Big River 2 (BR2) Osceola

    Steel · AR

    $3.0B · jobs unconfirmed · announced Jan 2022 · promised 2024 · first output 2024-10

    sources · promise arkansasedc.com · status sec.gov

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    Producingon time

  2. Hanwha Pine Bluff Arsenal Energetic Materials Plant

    Aerospace and Defense · AR

    $1.3B · jobs unconfirmed · announced Jan 2026 · no promised date · first output: not yet

    sources · promise hanwhadefenseusa.com · status deltaplexnews.com

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Announcedno promised date on record

Dates follow the announcement's own precision: a year with no month is drawn at mid-year, a quarter at its middle month. A person has checked every figure here against its sources, and every check is public. We log every correction made after publication, with its reason.

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How we collected this
Data: Promised vs. Produced Tracker, 165 promises at the $1B or 2,000 direct jobs floor across 33 states, verified through 2026-10-03 · A person verified every promise against its sources, and we have logged 88 corrections · 165 of 165 carry both a promise source and a status source · map: Census cartographic boundaries via us-atlas, AlbersUSA · We placed each site at its town by hand and drew the bars and marks from the Tracker, without a chart library