Axis steel mill to expand

MOBILE, Ala. - SSAB's steel mill in Axis has beaten the company's Iowa mill for a $460 million expansion that will create 180 new jobs. The Swedish company’s investment is the second largest announced in Mobile County in recent years, behind the $4.5 billion ThyssenKrupp AG steel plant in Calvert. SSAB said it would begin construction in 2009 and complete work in 2011. The mill now has 400 employees and 350 contractors. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 10/22/08)