Mississippi County: Magnet for Steel
A new economy built on steel lifts the northeast corner of Arkansas. read more >
A new economy built on steel lifts the northeast corner of Arkansas. read more >
Big River Steel says it's completed a $716 million expansion, doubling the capacity of its scrap metal recycling and flat-rolled steel production facility in Osceola to 3.3 million tons annually. read more >
Big River Steel, which sits on 1,300 acres not far from Osceola in Mississippi County, employs more than 500 workers at an average annual salary exceeding $75,000. read more >
Big River Steel says operations have begun in its melt shop and hot mill, the next step in a phased start-up of the $1.3 billion plant near Osceola. read more >
The Osceola city council has agreed on a proposed sale of a vacant building to the German steel company, SMS. read more >
A company that received a state permit to build a new steel mill in eastern Arkansas said Friday that a federal judge should block a challenge mounted by an existing nearby mill. read more >
City officials have opened a new terminal at the Manila Municipal Airport in northeast Arkansas after a year of construction. read more >
Attorneys representing Big River Steel are asking a judge to throw out a federal lawsuit that seeks to stop the construction of a $1.3 billion mill in northeast Arkansas. read more >
A year after the highly publicized announcement that a $1.1 billion steel mill was coming to Mississippi County, economic development officials say the project is moving forward despite a rival’s objections. read more >
Officials in Osceola says the new manufacturer, whose board is chaired by Big River Steel leader John Correnti, will build a $33 million facility and create 75 jobs. read more >
A state environmental agency has lifted an order that blocked construction of a $1.1 billion steel mill planned for northeast Arkansas. read more >
Consultant reports on a proposed $1.1 billion steel mill in northeast Arkansas have been delivered to the Bureau of Legislative Research. House Speaker Davy Carter said Monday that he had not yet had time to analyze them. read more >
The 89th General Assembly has yet to finish writing its chapter in the big book of Arkansas state legislatures. But if Chapter 89 were printed this week, then surely “guns” would be in the title. Legislation devoted to guns dominated the action again last week. read more >
It took John Correnti and Arkansas economic development officials about a year to put together the deal for a $1.1 billion “mini-mill” to be built near Osceola, a plant that would employ 525 people earning an average yearly compensation of $75,000 apiece. read more >
