Company gets final permit for plant

Associated Press

ASHTABULA

A company planning to build a $474 million plant to produce high-grade pig iron for the metal-casting industry says it has received its final air emissions permit from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

Petmin USA announced Thursday that the project in Ashtabula in Northeast Ohio now depends on final approval of state and local tax incentives. The company says the plant could begin operations as early as 2021.