Firm pulls plug on Royal ethanol plant

ROYAL – A Tennessee-based ethanol company has given up on its efforts to build an ethanol production plant in Royal.

Mike Craig, a spokesman for Heartland Ethanol, based in Knoxville, Tenn., announced Tuesday that his company has abandoned its proposal to build a corn-based dry mill ethanol plant at Royal.

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