(Natural News) A massive meat rendering facility is due to begin construction in Rapid City, South Dakota next year, with plans for its completion by 2026. The $1.1 billion facility is known as the, “Western Legacy Development Corporation,” and it promises to bring large-scale production to the beef industry, rendering an estimated 8,000 cattle per […]

(Natural News) Samsung has announced plans to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory near Austin, Texas, in the next three years in what is said to be the most significant foreign direct investment in the state’s history. The new factory is part of an effort by the South Korean tech giant to raise its manufacturing […]

(Natural News) The world’s largest automaker Volkswagen AG (VAG) announced that it would invest in six large battery factories across Europe by 2030. The announcement highlights the automaker’s efforts to take advantage of the expected boom in electric vehicle sales. The battery plants are expected to have a combined capacity of 240 gigawatt-hours a year. This would allow […]

(Natural News) On Dec. 20, an SCI Pharmtech manufacturing facility in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, burst into flames and exploded, leaving two people injured. The facility, which manufactures the anti-Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) drug hydroxychloroquine, appears to have been targeted, perhaps by COVID-19 vaccine interests, in an effort to punish the company for manufacturing the inexpensive, highly […]

(Natural News) Factories in China that manufacture masks do not meet the basic sanitation and quality standards. According to a broker with knowledge of the situation, 60 percent of factories don’t have sterile work environments, raising more questions about the quality of medical supplies that Beijing has been using to curry favor with other countries. The broker, going […]

(Natural News) Chinese President Xi Jinping finally made a public statement about the rapid, uncontrolled spread of the Wuhan coronavirus over the weekend, and it wasn’t optimistic. As reported by the South China Morning Post and republished by POLITICO, Xi made an “unprecedented” teleconference call that was open to every county government and military unit […]

(Natural News) An unfortunate “robot mishap” was behind a bear repellant spray incident at an Amazon warehouse that sent dozens of workers to the hospital. The accident comes at a time when many Amazon warehouse workers are already on edge as they see robots increasingly taking over their tasks and threatening their jobs, and now […]