By ROBERT A. DEFRANK Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The need for internet access has become all the more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced more people to work and learn from home. State lawmakers such as Ohio Sen. Frank Hoagland, R-Mingo Junction, have been focusing on ...
By CARRI GRAHAM Staff Writer Mountaineer NGL Storage LLC hopes to begin construction on its new Monroe County facility later this year. The Appalachian Storage Hub will be located on a 200-acre site along the Ohio River near Clarington. Mountaineer will use underground salt caverns to store ...
By SHELLEY HANSON Staff Writer In the age of online communication it is easy to run into information that appears to be legitimate, but with large amounts of misinformation being spread these days one should be careful about what they consume. For example, since the start of the COVID-19 ...
Shale Crescent USA opened 2020 with excitement and expectation. The organization had big plans for the World Petrochemical Conference in New Orleans in March. Representatives were set to speak at Select USA, a huge conference put on by the U.S. Commerce Department at Washington, D.C., in June. In late February, the group had a follow-up meeting with an Asian company in Houston. It had just incorporated in the USA and was planning to open an office in the Shale Crescent USA region in advance of manufacturing operations. A regional tour and meetings were being set up for April with an ...
By SCOTT McCLOSKEY Staff Writer Coal production dropped in recent years as coal-fired power providers worked to comply with new federal regulations, but Ohio Coal Association President Mike Cope believes there are a number of positive takeaways as the industry moves into 2021. “We have ...
By JENNIFER COMPSTON-STROUGH Staff Writer Despite delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of a project partner, PTT Global Chemical America aims to make a final investment decision regarding its proposed ethane cracker plant by midyear. A similar announcement had been expected ...
