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Jobs, employers, industry, and tech in Northwest Indiana.

Ozinga opens East Chicago slag cement mill, with about 50 union jobs at full run
The Mokena-based concrete company cut the ribbon Oct. 13 on a plant it says will grind 1 million tons a year of cement from steel-mill slag, shipping by rail, barge and truck.

Amazon’s third million-square-foot I-65 box rises on Crown Point’s 101st Ave.
The Times reports construction on a new Amazon warehouse south of the Mississippi Street facility — the corridor’s third shed over 1 million square feet. Crown Point’s Plan Commission also put Venture Park 65’s secondary plat and site plan on its October calendar.

Trump touts $15 billion Iowa steel complex as the largest in U.S. history
Mesabi Metallics would employ 1,750 workers making up to 7.5 million tons of steel a year in Lee County — if it can close financing and win final state approval.

GSK puts more than $800 million into Pennsylvania biopharma hub, adding 300 jobs
The British drugmaker will expand Upper Merion into a combined manufacturing, research and testing site, with construction planned to start in 2027.

TSMC posts record $46.7 billion quarter as AI chip demand keeps climbing
Third-quarter revenue rose 50 percent from a year earlier and beat analyst forecasts, with full earnings and guidance due Oct. 15.

Indiana's data center fight reaches the rate case, with bills first and answers later
Regulators will reconsider a $71 million AES Indiana rate hike over the Google Monrovia data center and a BlackRock buyout — but customers pay the higher rates first, and answers come later.