The US Department of Energy has given conditional commitment loan worth $259m to Alcoa to manufacture high strength aluminum for light weight vehicles. The loan will support the aluminum makers Tennessee manufacturing facility, where the ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to Tenaska Brownsville Partners L.P., to construct a natural gas-fired electric ...
The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently released a statement that says that retail industry employment increased by 37,000 jobs in November. Gains were posted in most retail categories, including 11,300 in clothing and clothing ...
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Amazon.com, one of the top global online retailers, is set to create 1,000 full-time jobs and invest US$ 75 million in its first facility in Illinois in 2015, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, Senator Dick Durbin, and Amazon have jointly ...
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Irish dairy co-operative Dairygold has announced plans to invest €117m in its dairy processing facilities at Mallow and Mitchelstown in County Cork. The investment comes in response to the abolition of milk quotas from April 2015 ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to CCI Corpus Christi, LLC. The company plans to construct petroleum process facilities ...
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Hankook Tire America Corp. President Byeong Jin Lee (left) meeting with President Obama at the White House for a SelectUSA Roundtable on investing in America. (Photo Credit: Reuters.) Hankook Tire America Corp. today participated in the ...
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US-based Biery Cheese will invest $19.7m to upgrade its facility in Wood County, Wisconsin, a move which is expected to create 31 full-time jobs. As part of the project, the company plans to buy new equipment and strengthen capabilities ...
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Thomas Canning is set to build a fruit and vegetable processing facility in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, in line with its efforts to expand its presence in the country and overseas. In support of the project, the company will receive ...
Following an unusual surge in housing starts in November, nationwide housing production fell 9.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 999,000 units in December, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and ...
UK-based recycling services provider Viridor will ivest 25m pounds in the development of a new glass recycling facility at Newhouse in Lanarkshire. The new facility, which will be located adjacent to the M8 motorway, will operate with a ...
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Hilmar Cheese is set to construct a milk powder processing facility in Turlock, California, to meet strong global demand for milk powders. The facility will add 40 full time jobs to the local economy when completed. It will produce a ...
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Medicine alone cannot improve the health of the nation -- not when one in five Americans lives in unsafe neighborhoods where pollution, crime and joblessness are prevalent; nutritious food is scarce; and the well-being of young people is at ...
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Atlantic Salmon topped the list of Australia's top 10 seafoods in 2013, according to information compiled by the Australian Government's Fisheries Research and Development Council (FRDC). The FRDC said that Atlantic Salmon, like many ...
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Republic Steel announced Tuesday that it has initiated hot commissioning of its new electric arc furnace (EAF) in Lorain, Ohio. The initial heats will be cast into 6-inch x 6-inch billets and will be rolled on the 9/10-inch rolling mill, ...
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