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Aluminum company says preferred site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses

Mar. 25, 2024 13:19 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss of coal and steel production, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. ...

Energy agency announces $475M in funding for clean energy projects on mine land sites

Mar. 21, 2024 14:51 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. The projects will...

Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada

Mar. 15, 2024 19:36 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable...