Cairo — Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) is now looking at a second site in Iowa for a potential $1.6 billion nitrogen complex, according to the Iowa press, which reports that the company has filed for an air quality permit for a site near Middletown. Unlike sites in Wever, in Iowa’s Lee County (GM Feb. 27, p. 12) and Peoria County, in Illinois (GM June 4, p. 10), this site is not on a river, though it is near a four-lane highway. OCI is also reportedly looking at adding to its existing production at Beaumont, Texas. OCI, while acknowledging that sites are under considerations, says it will have nothing more to say until its board makes a final decision.
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