Page 7 - Max Higgins News Today

Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins is ready to move forward and onto the next challenge.

Over the next three years, more than 2,200 acres in west Lowndes County will transform into an industrial development with the largest capital investment in Mississippi’s history.

It was a big day for the state yesterday, but the excitement didn't just come from the state's approval Wednesday afternoon.

The final incentives to bring a $2.5 billion aluminum mill that will encompass several facilities to Lowndes County are done.

A special session of the legislature on Wednesday will address an incentive package for a $2.5 billion aluminum mill in Lowndes County, according to

The Lowndes County Port Authority has received a $6.1 million grant to construct critical rail line infrastructure at its West Bank Port on Old Macon Road.

COLUMBUS – There were plenty of doubters in early 2005, when discussions emerged that a $650 steel mill employing 450 people might be built in Lowndes County.

A $200 million solar power generation and storage facility in Clay County was approved for construction and operation in a Thursday ceremony, and while the timeline for the project has been pushed back, construction is expected to begin by mid-2023.

Supply chain issues are among many factors that have delayed the start of construction for two planned solar farms in western Lowndes County.

A joint venture between companies from Mississippi and the Netherlands is investing $16 million in a facility in Lowndes County to manufacture terminal tractors.