Rowley is an industrial area in
Tooele County,
Utah
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, United States. Rowley sits on the western shore of the
Great Salt Lake, approximately 15 miles (by road) north of
I-80
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, Exit 77, serving
Timpie/
Rowley Junction.
Rowley was created in 1970 as the site of a large
magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray metal having a low density, low melting point and high chemical reactivity. Like the other alkaline earth metals (group 2 of the periodic ...
processing plant. The location was named after Jeff Rowley who was the CEO of
National Lead Industries during the construction of the plant.
In the mid-70s, National Lead Industries changed its name to NL Industries and in 1980 sold the plant to
AMAX
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.
[ In 1989, the facility was sold to the ]Renco Group
Renco Group is an American New York City-based holding company controlled by Ira Rennert that invests in other companies across a range of industries.
History
In August 2004, it was announced that Ronald Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holdin ...
, and the facility renamed Magnesium Corporation of America aka Magcorp.[
This facility was identified by the ]EPA
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as a major air polluter in the 1990s In 2001, Magcorp went bankrupt and the Renco group purchased the assets and formed US Magnesium
Renco Group is an American New York City-based holding company controlled by Ira Rennert that invests in other companies across a range of industries.
History
In August 2004, it was announced that Ronald Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holding ...
.[ In 2005, the facility was investigated by the ]CDC
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for worker health hazards.NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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, October 2005.
Since 2012, Rowley is the site of a titanium
Titanium is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ti and atomic number 22. Found in nature only as an oxide, it can be reduced to produce a lustrous transition metal with a silver color, low density, and high strength, resista ...
smelter plant run by Allegheny Technologies
ATI Inc. (previously Allegheny Technologies Incorporated) is an American producer of specialty materials, the company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
ATI produces titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, grain-or ...
.[
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Tooele County, Utah