ANALYSIS — Mississippi has big money invested in KiOR’s financially challenged project
by Amy McCullough Published: February 3,2012
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The eyes of the international renewable-fuels community are fixed on KiOR (NASDAQ:KIOR), a Texas-based company in which Mississippi has a large stake — specifically a $75 million interest-free loan administered by the Mississippi Development Authority. KiOR plans to build five plants in Mississippi that should convert wood chips to renewable crude through a process called [...] [...]
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