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Genesis Energy doubling capacity, adding workers

Associated Press — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:47 +0000

NATCHEZ — Genesis Energy plans to more than double its railcar capacity at its terminal in the Natchez-Adams County Port. The Natchez Democrat reports the expansion will create approximately 20 new jobs, including 15 equipment operators and five professional staff. The announcement comes as the company finalized its first phase — which includes 40 railcar [...]

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State’s jobless rate fell to 9.1 percent in April

Associated Press — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:03:11 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state’s unemployment rate dipped in April, but mainly because fewer people were looking for work. However, a separate survey of employer payrolls continued to rise, suggesting Mississippi’s slow climb out of recession continues. Both sets of figures were released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The jobless rate fell to [...]

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Air Force base runway project claims a life

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:41:20 +0000

COLUMBUS — A contract worker involved in an accident at Columbus Air Force Base has died from his injuries. Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant says 24-year-old James Meyers of Columbus was working on a runway project on the base when he was injured. Merchant says it appears Meyers died from blunt force trauma. Merchant says [...]

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Meat-slicing facility laying off 100 workers

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:35:20 +0000

BOONEVILLE — Plumrose USA has laid off 100 workers at its meat slicing plant in Booneville, Miss. COO Mike Rozzano tells the Daily Corinthian workers were notified last Friday. Rozzano says the plant now has about 320 workers. He says business dictated that Plumrose didn’t need as many people in the plant. Plumrose slices beef, [...]

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Manufacturer unveils $11M expansion; adding jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:03:29 +0000

NATCHEZ — Enerfab is expanding operations at its Natchez location, which is known as Enersteel, to accommodate an increase in tank head production, according to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). The project represents a corporate investment of more than $11 million and will create 20 new jobs, bringing the total number employed at the facility [...]

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Feds claims MDA has documented only handful of port workers

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:55:19 +0000

GULFPORT — The federal government says the Mississippi Development Authority has documented only 50 of the 1,286 direct, full-time jobs it claims at the state port, and insists MDA provide records to show all the jobs exist. The Sun Herald obtained a copy of a letter sent April 22 to the MDA from Stanley Gimont, [...]

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Plywood mill coming, bringing 200-plus jobs

Associated Press — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:02:18 +0000

LOUISVILLE — Natron Wood Products will locate a plywood mill in Louisville, creating more than 200 new jobs. Natron Wood Products owner Richard McDougal says the operations will be located in a 265,000-square-foot existing facility and represent a company investment of $10 million. The plant’s plywood overlay panels are used primarily in large vertical and [...]

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Stone wool plant coming to park; to employ 150 workers

MBJ Staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:22:02 +0000

MARSHALL COUNTY — Rockwool International officials and State of Mississippi economic development leadership have broken ground on the company’s first manufacturing facility in the United States. Rockwool is the parent company of Roxul, a manufacturer of stone wool insulation products in North America. The plant, located approximately 30 miles south of Memphis, was announced last [...]

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Supervisors want to borrow money for future development

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:23:07 +0000

STARKVILLE — Oktibbeha County supervisors have passed a resolution to let the public know it will borrow $5 million when needed to support an economic development opportunity. Supervisors took the action this week at the urging of the Golden Triangle Development LINK, a local economic development group. The county would borrow the money by issuing [...]

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Employment agency agrees to pay workers for overtime

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:46:49 +0000

LAFAYETTE, La. — An industrial services employment agency has agreed to pay nearly $2 million in back wages to more than 2,000 employees following a U.S. Labor Department investigation. The Labor Department said Lafayette, La.-based Hutco Inc. employees in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas were denied overtime compensation as a result of the company’s improper payment [...]

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