Ground broken for $1.4 billion southeastern Iowa fertilizer plant
WEVER (AP) — State and local officials dug in deep as they broke ground for a $1.4 billion fertilizer plant in southeastern Iowa.
The ceremonial shovels were wielded Monday near the Lee County town of Wever.
Egypt-based Orascom Construction Industries and its subsidiary, the Iowa Fertilizer Co., acquired nearly three-quarters of a square mile of farmland just off U.S. Highway 61 for the factory.
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