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Dredging funds pieced together as Congress considers possible solution - dredging funds pieced together - Date: February 6, 2012
The Mississippi Delta Must Be Restored - LA coast needs restoration - Date: January 29, 2012
Study Examines Impact of Restrictions on Dredging the Mississippi River - ms river dredging forum - Date: January 11, 2012
Louisiana exports jump 45 percent during first three quarters of 2011 - La exports - Date: December 15, 2011
Port of New Orleans awarded $16.7 million federal grant - grant for port improvement - Date: December 15, 2011
Small corn surplus likely to keep food prices high - grain prices - Date: December 15, 2011
President of Canal Barge says he values his workforce - New Orleans Times Picayune December 6, 2011. - Date: December 9, 2011
St. James considers GO Zone bonds for Nucor project - The St. James Parish Council has unanimously agreed to consider a proposed ordinance authorizing issuance and sale of up to $35 million in parish GO Zone revenue bonds to steel producer Nucor Corp. - Date: June 17, 2011
Coast Guard Reopens Key Miss. River Grain Route - Forecasters say the opening of upriver spillways is expected to keep river levels at New Orleans - Date: May 18, 2011
Cost of river dredging gets muddier with flood waters - The maritime industry is crossing its fingers that an emergency appropriation bill for tornadoes, flooding.. - Date: May 18, 2011
Costly Mississippi River closure meant to protect levees - The Coast Guard has interrupted shipping along the country’s busiest inland waterway over fears that the bulging Mississippi River could strain levees that protect hundreds of thousands from flooding. - Date: May 17, 2011
River floods may trigger halt of ship traffic - Mississippi River shipping traffic - Date: May 16, 2011
Congress urged to act fast on RAMP - We urge Congress to give the RAMP Act a quick hearing and approval to keep clear this country’s vital shipping arteries. - Date: February 14, 2011
Miss. River dredging to resume - As concerns mount over how a sharp drop in funding has slowed the pace of dredging in the Mississippi River, the Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that it will resume dredging operations in the coming weeks but added that the work is not expecte - Date: February 3, 2011
Savage to Construct, Own and Operate a Multi-User Railport at Trenton, North Dakota - Savage Companies (Savage) announced its plans to construct, own and operate a large multi-user rail terminal in Trenton, North Dakota. The terminal, to be known as Trenton Railport, will be served by the BNSF Railway, and will be designed to bring la - Date: January 30, 2011
Nucor Announces New Development in St. James Parish Project - Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality permit for its direct reduced iron making facility that will be located in St. James Parish. - Date: January 30, 2011
Ship Traffic on the Mississippi River Restricted - Ship traffice on MS River restricted beginning Tuesday because of lack of dredging funds - Date: January 25, 2011
Department of Energy backing biofuels project in Louisiana - The U.S. Department of Energy said today that it will back a $241 million loan guarantee to help build a manufacturing plant for renewable diesel fuel in Louisiana. - Date: January 21, 2011
EPA says Nucor permit problems seem fixable - The federal Environmental Protection Agency says there are problems with air-quality permits that the state Department of Environmental Quality has recommended for the proposed Nucor Steel Louisiana iron manufacturing complex in Convent. - Date: January 20, 2011
Oxbow Carbon acquires The ICEC Group - Oxbow Carbon and ICEC announced the purchase of the ICEC Group of companies. - Date: January 12, 2011
Arch Coal Acquires Equity Interest in West Coast Terminal - Arch Coal, Inc. announced that it has acquired a 38 percent interest in Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC ("MBT"), the owner of a bulk commodity terminal on the Columbia River near Longview, Wash., in exchange for $25 million plus additional co - Date: January 12, 2011
Crucial Trade Waterway Under Threat - Funds to Dredge the Mississippi Grow Scarce, Spurring a Coalition of Shippers, States, Ports into Action - Date: January 4, 2011
Nucor Selects St. James Parish, Louisiana, for Iron Making Facility - Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced today that it has selected St. James Parish, Louisiana, for the construction of a planned $750 million iron making facility, subject to receipt of all requisite environmental permits. - Date: September 16, 2010
Nucor Announces a Major Milestone in St. James Parish Project - Nucor Corp, announced today that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has issued an air quality permit, marking a major milestone on the road to constructing a major greenfield facility in St. James Parish. - Date: May 26, 2010
Oil Spill Update - Visit these links to Homeport, U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard site and the FOX News live camera feed for current information on the gulf coast oil spill. - Date: May 5, 2010
Nucor: Cost of carbon legislation still a concern - During a conference call with investment analysts, chief executive Dan DiMicco said the company was still waiting to get needed environmental permits in Louisiana, which have been the target of a lawsuit. - Date: October 22, 2009
Steel makers say global demand is recovering - World steel makers said today that ""exceptionally strong growth"" in Chinese demand and a better-than-expected global economic recovery - Date: October 12, 2009
Survey: Most economists see recovery beginning - The head of steelmaker Nucor Corp. indicated today that the possible cost of any carbon legislation that emerges from Congress is still a key concern as the company decides whether to build a pig iron plant in Louisiana or South America. - Date: October 12, 2009