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State to get new steel mill
Firm to hire 525, obtain incentives
Posted: January 30, 2013 at 12:56 a.m.
Gov. Mike Beebe, left, in a packed conference room Tuesday morning at the State Capitol during the announcement of the $1.1 billion Big River Steel plant to be built in Osceola. The "superproject" which could begin construction as early as August, will create 525 high paying jobs.
Big River Steel LLC, a company led by steel magnate John Correnti of Blytheville, plans to build a $1.1 billion steel mill near Osceola that will employ 525 people, Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday at the state Capitol.
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