{"id":1349654,"date":"2024-08-23T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1349654"},"modified":"2024-08-26T18:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:23:20","slug":"longview-biomining-facility-contract-approved-by-ledco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1349654","title":{"rendered":"Longview biomining facility contract approved by LEDCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/01\/Longview-Economic-Development-Corporation-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-577123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/01\/Longview-Economic-Development-Corporation-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/01\/Longview-Economic-Development-Corporation.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Longview Economic Development Corporation voted to approve a performance contract for a Mint Innovation biomining facility on Thursday. According to our news partner KETK, the proposed facility, would be a $15 million capital investment that would create 28 jobs within three years, according to LEDCO.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Since our founding in 2016, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been looking at opportunities abroad and are excited to be looking at bringing our technology to Longview, Texas. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re proud to have the support of LEDCO to help create a more sustainable future for the Longview community by reducing e-waste and reintroducing critical metals into the local economy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Will Barker, CEO and co-founder of Mint Innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Mint Innovation \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mines\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for metals like gold and copper by using chemicals to extract the precious metals from natural biomass and e-waste. The New Zealand-based company is currently trying to confirm the plant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s site at 2120 East Loop 281 in Longview. In June, several residents appeared at the proposed location to protest the plant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s opening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Longview Economic Development Corporation voted to approve a performance contract for a Mint Innovation biomining facility on Thursday. According to our news partner KETK, the proposed facility, would be a $15 million capital investment that would create 28 jobs within three years, according to LEDCO. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Since our founding in 2016, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1349654\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Longview biomining facility contract approved by LEDCO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1349657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/01\/Longview-Economic-Development-Corporation-150x150.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 01:41:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2017\/01\/Longview-Economic-Development-Corporation-150x150.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1349654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1349656,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349654\/revisions\/1349656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1349657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1349654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1349654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1349654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}