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Indiana withdraws support for fertilizer plant
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials withdrew state backing Friday for a fertilizer plant over concerns about whether its Pakistan-based owners are doing enough at its overseas operations to keep the potentially explosive material from being used...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Plant Openings, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Economic Policy
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Foes of S. Indiana fertilizer plant cite Texas blast
ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed fertilizer plant in southern Indiana are citing safety concerns arising from last month's deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer manufacturer as they argue that state officials should block the project....
Tags: Mining, Ohio River, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013)
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Worm farming pays off
WSBT-TVELKHART COUNTY – When you talk about farming, you usually think of raising cows, pigs or chickens, but how about worms? That’s the case of an Army veteran wounded in Iraq who is now raising worms as part of a cash crop, but not for fishing....Tags: Chemical Industry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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Two Goshen-area companies pay fines related to October explosion
Two firms have paid fines leveled by the Indiana Department of Labor in connection with an explosion that injured four workers in October 2011, three of them seriously.T&T Fertilizer Inc., a fertilizer distribution plant southwest of Goshen, paid $6,750....Tags: Chemical Industry, Punishment, Fines
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Crews battle Edwardsburg building fire
A commercial building in Edwardsburg was destroyed after an early morning fire Wednesday.
Just after 2 a.m., fire crews were dispatched to a building at Section and Max streets in Edwardsburg, just south of Edwardsburg High School.
Crews battled...Tags: Chemical Industry, Heavy Engineering, Disasters and Accidents, Fires, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Chemical explosion injures four near Goshen
Four people are in the hospital after an explosion southwest of Goshen at T and T Fertilizer at the corner of County Road 40 and County Road 15.
It happened late this morning. Police say workers from Southwest Welding and T and T Fertilizer were...Tags: Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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UPDATE: Indiana investigating ammonia leak that injured 4
GOSHEN (AP) — State investigators will investigate an explosion at a northern Indiana fertilizer plant that injured four people, including two who are in critical condition at a Fort Wayne hospital.
Indiana Occupational Safety and Health...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health and Safety at Work, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Hospitals and Clinics, Emergency Incidents
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Potash to build $64M rail transfer center in Ind.
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The world's largest fertilizer producer has chosen northwestern Indiana as the site for its planned $64 million rail transfer center. Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. announced Tuesday that Potash Corp. of Saskatoon, Canada,...Tags: Chemical Industry
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