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Company: Orascom Construction Industries
Parent Company: OCI N.V.
Subsidy Source: multiple
Location: Iowa
County: Lee
Project Description: fertilizer plant
Year: 2012
Major Industry of Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Parent: fertilizers
Subsidy Value: $251,000,000
Subsidy Value in 2023 Dollars: $334,741,169
Program Name: multiple
Awarding Agency: multiple
Type of Subsidy: 
Capital Investment: $1,400,000,000
Source of Data: The subsidy total and breakdown come from: Donnelle Eller, "More tax credits bring fertilizer plant to Iowa," Des Moines Register, September 6, 2012 and Mike Wiser, "Fertilizer plant sets record for tax breaks," Quad-City Times, September 6, 2012. For the change in the ownership see for example, ?Iowa Fertilizer Co. timeline,? The Hawk Eye, December 29, 2013.
Notes: The package consisted in state tax credits worth up to $107 million; other state assistance worth about $11 million; and a county property tax abatement worth an estimated $133 million. The project known under the name of Iowa Fertilizer Company, and the parent company was originally called Orascom Construction Industries. Overlaps with main Subsidy Tracker data: A 2012 Grow Iowa Values Fund entry for Iowa Fertilizer Company LLC for $84,110,000.
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