JOC Staff | Mar 14, 2013 12:26PM EDT
The Port of Corpus Christ, Texas, and regional partners have secured voestalpine as a partner at the La Quinta Trade Gateway.
The Austrian steelmaking and processing group has chosen its final site selection at the multicargo terminal at the La Quinta Channel for the development of its U.S. direct reduction facility. The planned direct reduction plant will produce direct reduced iron and hot briquetted iron from iron ore pellets and will use natural gas as the reducing agent.
The partnership announcement took place at the Portland Community Center and is subject to successfully completing and executing all agreements with various regional and state partners.
