This week, an unusual combination of a towboat and a towboat delivered air separation units to the Nucor West Virginia construction site in Mason County, West Virginia. Gulf Coast tugboats are a rare sight on the Ohio River, but Nucor officials say people along the river should see more as construction progresses.
A unique tow was employed, on April 29, 2024, using a tug boat and a towboat pushing a barge loaded with air separation units for the Nucor West Virginia construction of a new sheet steel mill in Mason County, near the community of Apple Grove. The M/V’s MISS ELIZABETH is pulling and GRADY RAY is pushing the deck barge to Nucor s the construction site at mile 282 on the Ohio River.
Also, Nucor Steel West Virginia Vice President and General Manager John Farris gave a construction update on the $3.5 billion new steel mill project.
John Farris, vice president and general manager of Nucor Steel West Virginia, says the best role businesses can play in education is to provide a line of sight to job opportunities.
Farris says businesses have to provide targets for the kids in middle school and high school about what opportunities there are in West Virginia. He says the opportunities are abundant. They re not scarce. Business leaders and job creators need to be in front of the schools and provide those young children with a line of sight to opportunities in the workforce, he said.
Farris was one of the keynote speakers Wednesday for "EdTalks" hosted by the Education Alliance at Marshall University s Brad D. Smith Center for Business & Innovation in Huntington. Approximately 150 business, community, education and legislative leaders attended the event, themed "New Core Partnerships: Business and Community for West Virginia Students."
John Farris, vice president and general manager of Nucor Steel West Virginia, said at a business event, on May 1, 2024, that the best role businesses can play in education is to provide a line of sight to job opportunities. Farris says businesses have to provide targets for the kids in middle school and high school about what opportunities there are in West Virginia. He says the opportunities are abundant. They re not scarce. Business leaders and job creators need to be in front of the schools and provide those young children with a line of sight to opportunities in the workforce, he said. Farris was one of the keynote speakers Wednesday for "EdTalks" hosted by the Education Alliance at Marshall University s Brad D. Smith Center for Business & Innovation in Huntington. Approximately 150 business, community, education and legislative leaders attended the event, themed "New Core Partnerships: Business and Community for West Virginia Students."
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