Article: United States: Company awarded $30M to build energy plant at AK Steel.

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A $300 million project that will create about 220 temporary construction jobs and generate electricity for AK Steel s Middletown Works operations is headed to Middletown.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. of Middletown has been awarded $30 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to construct a combined cycle power generation plant at AK Steel s Middletown Works, it was announced today, Nov. 3. The project is valued at $300 million and will take about two years to construct, said Alan McCoy, spokesman for AK Steel.

The new generation plant will capture and process blast furnace gas at Middletown Works. The gas, which is ...

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