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Highbar LLC to Build First Rebar Mill in Northeast Arkansas

A newly formed company focused on sustainable scrap metal recycling and steel production, Highbar LLC, has announced its plans to build the first of its two rebar steel mini mills in northeast Arkansas. The mills are designed to be world leaders in terms of energy and water efficiency, labor productivity and carbon emission reductions. “My…
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St. Bernard Parish Secures $2M Grant for Connector Road

June 22, 2022 | Biz New Orleans (full link below) CHALMETTE, La. – From the St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $2 million grant to St. Bernard Parish Government to build a road to connect the St. Bernard Port,…
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U.S. Steel Opening Plant in Osceola, AR

June 20, 2022 | tanktransport.com (full link below) $3 billion steel-making facility will be largest private project in the history of Arkansas and most advanced steel mill in North America. United States Steel Corp. broke ground in Osceola, Arkansas, on the company’s next-generation steel mill. The $3 billion steel-making facility will be the most advanced in…
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Cargill to expand production with new soybean facility

June 15, 2022 | petfoodprocessing.net (full link below) MINNEAPOLIS – Cargill will build a new soybean processing facility in Pemiscot County, Mo., with an annual production capacity of 62 million bus of soybeans to support growth in domestic and global oilseeds demand driven by the food, feed and fuel markets, the company announced May 17.…
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IRPT: Lower Mississippi Basin Meeting

IRPT’s Lower Mississippi Basin Meeting, held at the Port of South Louisiana, was a great success. It was exciting to be together again for networking and to learn about the growth IRPT Members are experiencing and anticipating. We had a great group of interactive attendees and were honored to have Anthony Gex, IRPT President, with us…
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IRPT Lower Mississippi River Basin Meeting

Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals invites you to a: Lower Mississippi River Basin Meeting Wednesday, June 1st from 11 am to 4 pm The Port of South Louisiana – Guest House 1692 Highway 44 Reserve, LA 70084 IRPT is a trade association for the nation’s inland waterway, port, and terminal professionals. Our mission is to…
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NWS Greater Mississippi River Basin: Spring Hydrologic Outlook Webinar for External Partners

  The slides for the NWS Greater Mississippi River Basin: Spring Hydrologic Outlook Webinar #1 for External Partners, held at 2:30 PM CT on February 10, can be viewed here. NWS Greater Mississippi River Basin: Spring Hydrologic Outlook Webinar #1 for External Partners on February 10, 2022 was recorded. That recording can be viewed at…
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USCG: Western Rivers Command Center Tools

Please view the attached for information on how to subscribe to receive BNM’s from Sectors Upper and Lower Mississippi River and other sectors of interest.
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USCG: Sector Upper Mississippi River Prevention Department Industry Day 2022

  February 17, 2022, 9:00am-4:00pm RAY Federal Building, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63103 In-person and virtual option provided- Register HERE.  
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