Manufacturing
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U.S. Steel breaks ground on $1.9 billion Arkansas DRI facility
U.S. Steel broke ground on a $1.9 billion direct reduced iron facility in Osceola, Arkansas, at its Big River Steel Works campus. The plant will sit.
Talk Business & Politics, reporting a U.S. Steel announcement
Entergy Mississippi announces $2 billion Raymond natural gas plant
Entergy Mississippi project announcement
Energy
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TOYO confirms CBP release of Ethiopia solar-cell shipments
TOYO Co., Ltd. news release (PR Newswire)
Trade
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Westinghouse receives ARPA-E funding for PowerBlock nuclear fuel
Westinghouse Electric Company announcement
Energy
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Manufacturing
Honeywell Aerospace announces $500 million Arizona manufacturing facility
Honeywell Aerospace news release (PR Newswire)
Manufacturing
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Carrier Global plans $600 million Fort Worth HVAC facility
October 29, 2026 articleNucor prepares $4 billion West Virginia steel mill startup
Charleston Gazette-Mail, reporting Nucor Corp. mill plansGlobalFoundries plans $10 billion New York chip fab
GlobalFoundries news release
Energy
DOE reinstates $340 million Eastman recycling grant
Resource Recycling, reporting an Eastman and U.S. Department of Energy grant action
Energy
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Elementl Power signs $750 million nuclear development agreement
Elementl Power news release (PR Newswire)Samsung SDI signs 1 GWh U.S. battery storage contract
pv magazine Global, reporting a Samsung SDI supply agreementAEP and Amazon explore 960-megawatt Indiana nuclear plant
Quartz India, reporting agreements involving American Electric Power, Amazon and X-energy
Defense
TOTE Services awards Hanwha $269 million Navy ship contract
October 30, 2026 article
Defense
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Fairbanks Morse Defense wins $99.09 million Navy EDG contract
Fairbanks Morse Defense announcementIAM Local S6 ratifies Bath Iron Works contract for 4,500 members
IAM Journal, Winter 2026-2027Space Nuclear Power wins DARPA reactor test agreement
Space Nuclear Power Corporation news release (PR Newswire)
Technology
Commerce Department offers $389 million for CHIPS research awards
Department of Commerce announcement
Technology
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Semtech secures dedicated SiGe capacity at Tower fabs
Tower Semiconductor and Semtech joint news releaseFujifilm Invests $18 Million in Arizona Slurry Plant
FUJIFILM Corporation news releaseTerafab breaks ground on Texas chip campus
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Infrastructure
United opens 22-gate Texas concourse at Houston airport
United news release (PR Newswire)
Infrastructure
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Kelly awards Kansas broadband grants totaling $12.9 million
Office of the Governor of Kansas announcementALDOT awards $167 million Tuscaloosa bridge replacement contract
Office of the Governor of Alabama announcementBlue Origin plans Florida launch pads and 50-flight request
Spaceflight Now, reporting Blue Origin infrastructure plans
Trade
U.S., 14 partners pledge action against global manufacturing overcapacity
G20 trade ministers joint statement
Trade
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Ethiopian Airlines Orders Ten Boeing 777 Freighters
Boeing news releaseSteel Groups Urge Trump to Keep Section 232 Tariffs
Industry letter to President Trump via Steel Manufacturers Association and American Iron and Steel InstituteUSTR invokes USMCA labor mechanism against Yokohama plant
Office of the United States Trade Representative announcement