DONORA, Pa. (AP) - A southwestern Pennsylvania plant that makes chemicals used in the mining industry is closing May 1, adding to the economic woes of the depressed town where it’s located.
Dyno Nobel spokesman Jeff Droubay tells the (Monessen) Valley Independent (https://bit.ly/1FpxdZH ) the plant will be shut down May 1, idling 50 workers, though the company will periodically review whether to resume operations if demand for ammonium nitrate increases. The plant also produces industrial acid.
It’s unclear how many of the plant’s 50 workers might be retained.
The plant is in Donora, about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh, which was struggling even before structural issues forced the closure of a 106-year-old bridge into the Monongahela River town.
A quarter of the city’s 4,700 residence are below poverty level, and the town doesn’t even have a local bank branch.
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