Braidy Industries investing $1.3 billion in aluminum mill in Greenup County

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The Daily Independent - 4/26/2017 - Andrew Atkins - (Wurtland Ohio) - Braidy Industries will build a $1.3-billion aluminum mill near South Shore, creating 550 advanced manufacturing jobs, the company’s executives and Gov. Matt Bevin announced Wednesday. The mill will produce sheet and plate for automotive and aerospace industries, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Braidy Industries, an American holding company incorporated in Delaware, will pay its workers an average salary of $70,000, according to the company’s CEO, Craig Bouchard. Construction on the 2.5-million-square-foot facility will likely begin in early 2018 atop 380 acres of riverfront property just outside South Shore city limits in Greenup County. Braidy is in the process of acquiring the proper permits before it can break ground. The project will create 1,000 temporary construction jobs, and is set for completion in 2020. Read more @ http://www.dailyindependent.com/news/br ... 86df2.html