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New Port Colborne EV battery facility announced

The International Nickel Company, also known as Inco, came to Port Colborne in 1914, employing 3,000 people at the height of its operation. And an announcement Tuesday will have a similar impact on the local economy, said its mayor, Bill Steele. He was referring to plans of foreign investors to build a $1.6-billion factory in his community, a municipality of 18,000 people. “That’s the future right there,” he said, pointing to a crowd of high school students in attendance at the event, which was