AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoStorm & Energy: Isaias weakened after landfall, but left two Alabamians dead and roughly 300,000 utility customers without power. Gulf producers shut in about 70% of oil output, though major refineries were spared. The Energy Department authorized an emergency exchange of up to 4 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, while Shell began redeploying offshore crews as conditions improved. Aerospace Investment: PPG plans to spend $70 million expanding its Huntsville aerospace site. Boeing’s $14.7 billion Patriot seeker contract is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to Huntsville and sharply boost production. Advanced Materials & Workforce: Titan Mining reached a preliminary framework with the U.S. Army for an Alabama graphite processing facility. Alabama also ranked sixth nationally for skilled-trades employment growth, the Southeast’s top result.
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