This week in interesting industry headlines:
New Food and Agriculture Fund S2G Ventures Launches With $125 Million [Wall Street Journal]
"Investors are placing increasing bets on two traditional industries confronted by changing consumer tastes: food and beverage businesses and agriculture." Read more
House approves bill to speed up mineral mining [The Hill]
"House lawmakers approved a bill Thursday to speed up the permitting process for mining resources deemed "strategic or critical." Read more
Robot builder designed for construction sites [Reuters]
"Zurich-based architects and roboticists have created the In-situ Fabricator, an autonomous construction robot capable of laying bricks into pre-programmed structures. Designers at the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication laboratory believe a future generation of the robot could be used widely on building sites." Read more
Mining reclamaion requires funding [The DurangoHerald]
"Mining-reclamation experts this week told a congressional panel that good Samaritan legislation and funding for restoration efforts are “inseparably tied together.” Read more
$500M energy plant under construction in greater Cincinnati [Cincinnati Business Courier]
"NTE Energy, a power developer and energy services provider, acquired about 46 acres of land in Middletown and started construction on its planned $500 million power plant." Read more
