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to make silicon metal for use in automotive parts, consumer electronics and energy products, including solar panels. Developers said the Calisolar project — sought by Ohio, among others — should create 951 jobs with an average annual salary of $45,000, plus benefits.

Calisolar, based in Sunnyvale, Calif.

lawmakers approved just over $175 million in bonds

$75.25 million for the Calisolar project

MDA executives said the bond request for the Calisolar project includes a $59.5 million loan for equipment and a building that would be owned by Lowndes County and leased by the company. The package also has an $11.25 million grant for infrastructure such as roads and utility lines and $4.5 million to help train employees at the plant.

MDA said the rebates will cost the state $15 million over 10 years.

"But the current situation has not cooled our enthusiasm- or that of our equity capital investors - for our business model

Amory Mayor Howard Boozer has said "I don't think people have begun to fathom the impact this project will have on Amory, Mississippi."

Boozer said getting the steel mill project in Amory was the result of a lot of "blood, sweat and tears" from a lot of people. "I said then that failure was not an option.