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Company to expand pipe plant; investment could reach $50M

Associated Press — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:53:57 +0000

HERNANDO — A German pipe maker is expanding in North Mississippi, announcing it will spend $30 million to $50 million on a pipe finishing facility in Hernando and create 70 new jobs. Schulz Xtruded Products is the Mississippi division of Wilh. Schulz GMBH, based in Krefeld, Germany. SXP has a plant in Tunica County that [...]

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Tobacco companies win, have decision overturned

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:19:18 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has sided with tobacco companies who argued that a state tax on cigarettes sold at retail outlets outside the state was unfair. Yesterday’s decision overturned a 2011 decision by a Hinds County judge who found the tax fair. However, the issue is moot because lawmakers repealed the tax in [...]

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Capital City’s $90M infrastructure deal finally approved

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:26:58 +0000

JACKSON — After months of negotiations, the city of Jackson’s $90-million infrastructure deal with Siemens has cleared its final hurdle. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Mississippi Development Authority has approved the project, which will use promises of future savings to upgrade the city’s two water plants, install new meters and repair or replace around two miles [...]

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Broken pipeline leaks gallons of oil into creek

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:29:30 +0000

JASPER COUNTY — Authorities say about 40 gallons of oil leaked from a broken pipeline in Jasper County into a creek east of Bay Springs yesterday before being stopped. The pipeline, owned by Houston, Texas-based Plains All-American Pipeline LP, began leaking sometime before 3 p.m. yesterday, when it was discovered. It connects to one of [...]

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Ciity agrees to $90M infrastructure deal with Siemens

Associated Press — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:51:32 +0000

JACKSON — The city of Jackson and a global corporation have agreed to a $90-million deal that Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. has called the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history. The deal with Siemens still needs approval from the Mississippi Development Authority, but the contract signature clears the way for work to begin as [...]

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Council ends standoff, approves $90M water/sewer project

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:35:26 +0000

JACKSON — The Jackson City Council has ended a month-long standoff with the administration over a $90-million water and sewer project, after receiving assurances they would have another chance to weigh in on the proposed deal. The Economic Development Committee and then the council voted to spend more than $400,000 to hire bond counsel and [...]

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Council approves $90M water-sewer project without discussion

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:07:46 +0000

JACKSON — The Jackson City Council approved a $90-million water and sewer project worth one-fourth of the city’s total budget, banking on a contractor’s guarantee that the work will pay for itself within 15 years. The Clarion-Ledger reports the 5-2 vote sets the stage for work to begin as soon as January on a broad [...]

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Zachry buys former D&Z plant; hires ex-workers

Associated Press — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:53:23 +0000

MOSS POINT — Zachry Holdings Inc. has purchased Day and Zimmerman’s industrial fabrication plant in Moss Point. The 140,000-square-foot plant produces piping systems and vessels for large projects in power, petrochemical, refining, forest products and other markets George Freeland, executive director of Jackson County Economic Development Foundation, tells the Sun Herald the company has hired [...]

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Company planning Louisiana-Mississippi pipeline construction

Associated Press — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:51:20 +0000

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The company planning a 141-mile pipeline from Norco, La., to Collins hopes to begin the first stage of work soon in Lake Pontchartrain. The project has all the state permits needed, but is waiting on one from the Army Corps of Engineers, company spokesman Allen Fore told The Times-Picayune. Parkway Pipeline, a [...]

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Louisiana company moving operations to Woodville

For the MBJ — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:03:56 +0000

WOODVILLE — Officials from D.M.I. Pipe Fabrication, a full-service industrial contractor and pipe fabricator, announced the company is locating operations in Woodville. The Baton Rouge, La.-based company will be located in the warehouse portion of the former Fruit of the Loom facility. The project represents a $100,000 investment by D.M.I. and will create 20 new [...]

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