Where Industrial Projects Take Flight
Industry and Sustainability Go Hand-in-Hand at GPP
As the leading project development and investment firm in the global metals industry, we focus on developing environmentally sustainable greenfield and expansion projects where we invest our own capital. This model has served us well for over twenty-five years as it perfectly aligns our interest with the interests of the project sponsors, the management and operating teams, and our other funding providers. GPP wins when all win, and we like to win!

From Vision to Victory
We’ve dedicated ourselves to developing and investing in projects that challenge industry norms in terms of environmental stewardship and employee productivity. While others simply talk about becoming “good stewards” of the environment and “empowering” employees, we do it and we do it well.
Our accomplishments are evidenced by our extensive twenty-five year history. We have founded and helped lead many of the most successful greenfield and expansion projects in the metals industry, both in North America and Southeast Asia, and we have partnered with investors from all over the world. There is a reason our company name includes the word “Global.”
GPP in the News
Episode three focuses on Hybar, a new venture that aims to become the most cost-efficient and most environmentally sustainable rebar producer in North America. In 2023, Hybar raised $700 million to build and operate a scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill.
The Green Steel Challenge Podcast
January 9, 2024
Hybar has been honored for its ground-breaking all-electric scrap metal recycling and low carbon steel manufacturing facility being constructed in the US, which it is financing with a "milestone"
green bond.
Environmental Finance
December 13, 2023

"Across the street from the courthouse is the 1915 Coston Building. The ground floor once housed a barbershop and later a hardware store. J.T. Coston, a Vanderbilt-educated lawyer who represented cotton magnate R.E.L. Wilson, had his office upstairs. That office is being used these days for Hybar LLC, a startup company building a steel rebar mill at Osceola that will cost $700 million and employ about 200 people."
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
October 29, 2023
Listen as Hybar CEO Dave Stickler discusses the difference between the steel market today and that of years prior, especially regarding sustainability and material choices. He also shares why he believes the key to the future of the steel industry is “lightweight and strong.”
Bloomberg
April 5, 2023
Steelmakers offering lower-carbon steel reinforcing bar (rebar) have a competitive advantage over traditional rebar producers, even if customers are unwilling to pay a premium for it in a price-sensitive market, according to David Stickler, senior managing partner of Global Principal Partners
Fastmarkets
December 14, 2022

Sticking with a business model that’s proven successful over the past three decades, David Stickler and his team at Global Principal Partners (GPP) hope to make their next endeavor with Highbar LLC’s two new rebar minimills another prosperous one.
STEEL MARKET UPDATE
November 7, 2022
In this episode of the Arkansas Inc. Podcast, former Big River Steel CEO David Stickler discusses his background as a steel executive, the steel industry in Arkansas, and the recent U.S. Steel announcement in Osceola.
ARKANSAS INC. PODCAST
May 25, 2022
U.S. Steel Corp. agreed to acquire the remaining stake in Big River Steel for about $774 million to expand into newer and lower-cost operations, taking advantage of a recent 85% rally in the industrial metal.
BLOOMBERG
December 8, 2020