YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – PTTGC America, the Thailand-based petrochemicals giant considering building a $5.7 billion ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, today announced it would postpone its decision on whether to move forward with the project. The final investment decision is planned toward the end of this year instead of its initial target of March, Toasaporn […]
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Solar company grew from owners’ need, interest
Michelle and Geoff Greenfield didn’t set out to create a business when they started researching solar power in Ohio at the beginning of the millennium. But what they learned in a quest for solar panels on the house they were building in rural Athens County pointed them to an unexpected opportunity. Since Third Sun Solar’s […]
Mingo Junction Steel Mill Is Getting Ready to Roll Again
MINGO JUNCTION — Almost eight years after Russian firm OAO Severstal shuttered the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. mill in Mingo Junction, new hot metal should soon roll out of the facility that is now known as ACERO Junction. “We are working on it. We hope to start making our products available to the customer the […]
Ethane Production Is Still Climbing
DILLES BOTTOM — U.S. ethane production is growing so fast that federal officials can barely keep track of it, as last year’s projection of 1.4 million barrels per day by 2017 is now trumped by new prognostications of 1.7 million daily barrels by 2018. As the new U.S. Energy Information Administration numbers indicate, the need […]
Janes bags top Ohio grocers’ honor
CHILLICOTHE — Taking a quick walk through Joe Janes’ Corner Market off Charleston Pike, it’s hard to escape a feeling of family. It’s there on the walls throughout the store in images hand-created by Ellen Doerres-Placier, Jeff Speakman and Patrick Sims — the family’s dairy barn, one of their farm cats, the homestead and kitchen where Janes […]
Rocky Brands benefits from military contracts
Companies that make things people wear have been finding it hard to make ends meet, with increasingly picky consumers who demand deep discounts before buying. Rocky Brands, however, is finding one source of revenue — government contracts — to be a steadying factor. The Nelsonville-based footwear and apparel company this week announced it will produce […]
Battle of the bots
SCCTC hosts VEX robotics competition With the increasing technology industry, there is always a need for engineers, scientists and other technically-minded individuals to lead the way on innovation and invention. Schools across the nation are shifting focus to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) based education to generate interest and grow careers in the industry. […]
JobsOhio invests in prep work for proposed Belmont County ‘cracker’ plant
An Asian petrochemical company likely won’t decide for many months on whether to proceed with plan for a major ethane “cracker” project in eastern Ohio, but Ohio economic-development officials have taken steps to keep plans for that plant on track. JobsOhio disclosed Tuesday that it has spent $14 million to reimburse some of the costs […]
Molinaro Attends Rural Council
$10 Billion Initiative Announced at White House John Molinaro was on a mission when he went to the White House over the summer. The president of the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth wanted to let folks in Washington know that while things aren’t perfect, there’s plenty of positive economic development news in Appalachian Ohio. Molinaro, […]
FWD:Energy receives research subsidy from the Department of Energy
FWD:Energy Inc., Zanesville, Ohio, has been awarded a research subsidy of $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for use at federal laboratories to advance its technology to turn scrap tires into a key ingredient for lithium-ion batteries called Green Battery Carbon. The awarded funds are provided through the DOE’s Small Business Vouchers Pilot […]
