The latest from the Argus Leader:
About 700 miles southeast of Elk Point, plans are under way for a $3.4 billion refinery in southern Illinois that would turn coal into clean-burning fuel.
The plans are strikingly similar to what is known about the mystery development near Elk Point code-named the "Gorilla" project.
The project near Cairo, Ill., would employ up to 2,000 workers and require 2,500 to 3,000 acres, officials there confirmed Tuesday.
And the site is near the confluence of two major rivers - the Mississippi and the Ohio - because it requires enormous amounts of water to cool gases from the coal, a spokesman said.
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