$500M Rebar Mill Planned for Northeast Arkansas
A new company led by former Big River Steel CEO David Stickler is behind the project. read more >
A new company led by former Big River Steel CEO David Stickler is behind the project. read more >
The project on 2,100 acres is big enough to power more than 40,000 homes. read more >
More than $425,000 was given to relocate the South Mississippi County Regional Medical Center's emergency room. read more >
Incentives for buying EVs, renewable energy production and domestic manufacturing look particularly good for Arkansas businesses. read more >
Like all kinds of constructors, Arkansas economic developers have learned that steel offers a sturdy base to build on. read more >
The region's economic transformation wasn’t inevitable. Neither was Clif Chitwood’s career — and he'll be the first to tell you. read more >
U.S. Steel is set to demand another huge load of electricity for the plant it’s building next to Big River, and is more specifically calling for renewable energy. read more >
What’s driving the surge in our steel industry? Arkansas uses four factors to its advantage in attracting steelmakers: incentives, a ready workforce, our prime location and competitive electricity rates. read more >
Decades of vision, planning, collaboration and toil are coming to fruition in Arkansas as the state’s steel industry levels up again. But one cohort crucial to the success deserves praise, too: the citizens of Mississippi County. read more >
Regular check-ins provide opportunities to develop the strengths of your best people and can build affinity between employers and employees. read more >
David Burritt, the head of the industrial giant, praised Arkansas' people and business environment at the AEDC's annual banquet. read more >
A few themes emerged at the 34th Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
Two of Arkansas Business' most-read news stories in January will reverberate throughout the rest of the year. read more >
Car manufacturers looking to cut shipping costs might take a harder look at northeast Arkansas for their next facility. read more >
Arkansas had been competing against Alabama and Mississippi for the project. read more >
Projects in Wynne and Osceola are expected to create about 300 jobs. read more >
Arkansas has made some good bets in Mississippi County and they continue to pay off. It’s worth remembering how improbable the biggest of those seemed. read more >
Lexicon’s 2020 performance included the start of a $100 million job for Tesla in Austin, Texas, and continuing work for Nucor and Big River Steel. read more >
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the value of the biggest deals in Arkansas last year jumped 157%, from $7.9 billion in 2019 to $20.3 billion in 2020, pushed largely by Walmart’s sales of stakes in two subsidiaries, Asda Group and Seiyu. read more >
The regional electric grid was stretched to the limit and beyond, and Arkansans joined Texans, Oklahomans and Missourians sitting in their darkened houses, getting chillier. read more >
