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Lander County: Industries
Scroll down to browse the many industries available for growth in Lander County, NV:
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Mining
Lander County is ideally situated in the center of Nevada's gold mining district which accounts for 75 percent of the total U.S. gold production. Lander with great access to major highway and rail corridors, is also central to mines which produce a significant amount of silver, copper, iron, magnetite, lithium, barite, sepiolite, saponite, limestone, sand, gravel, diatomite, molybdenum, perlite, salt, semiprecious gemstones, and mercury. The Greystone Mine, southeast of Battle Mountain, has the unique distinction of being the largest barite operation in the United States, with 320,000 tons shipped in 2012. Barite is used in oil field production wells. Expanding the Mining Supply Chain though attraction and expansion of businesses is integral to the extraction of mineral resources; from in-mine contractors to support and ancillary services. The Governor's Office of Economic Development reports that there are $3.3 billion in total opportunities for companies which serve the mining industry in Nevada The Lander Economic Development Authority can assist companies in finding locations, training employees, analyzing possible tax incentives and integration with mining companies to expand the mining supply chain. |
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Agriculture
While small by comparison to major producing states such as California and Texas, the approximately 3,000 Nevada farms offer a wide range of production that have a growing economic impact on the state. Lander County's 124 farms are focused on beef cattle and grass forage materials, including irrigated alfalfa hay, Nevada's No. 1 cash crop. Nevada has some of the best in the world because growing conditions yield a high protein feed and silage. These operations require large tracts of land and public grazing allotments afforded by the Great Basin topography and managed through the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Service. The average size of Lander County farm operations is 2,500 acres. The 2012 market value of Lander County crops nearly doubled between 2007 and 2012, closing in on $40 million according to the US Department of Agriculture's 2012 Census of Agriculture. |
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Renewable Energy
Lander County is uniquely positioned to put some “green” into the Nevada energy grid. Along with intermodal transportation access, the region is poised for energy generation and transmission with the construction of the new 235-mile-long One Nevada transmission line that will connect the Harry Allen Substation north of Las Vegas with the newly constructed Robinson Summit Substation located 20 miles west of Ely, NV. This enables the development of numerous renewable energy projects in Nevada as well as connecting NV Energy’s two main service areas for the first time and enhances overall energy-sharing efficiency for NV Energy’s power generation resources. The renewable energy potential in Lander County is well-documented:
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Manufacturing & Logistics
Lander County's proximity to major transportation corridors include Interstate 80 and US 50 as well as the Union Pacific mainline puts your business within two shipping days of most major West' Coast's markets. Infrastructure and community survey data was input into a Community Business Matching (CBM) model to identify commercial and industrial sectors that were compatible with the area and its infrastructure plus desirable from a community perspective. Some new sectors for potential business recruitment that would have existing local demand for their services:
The CBM model also identified some new sectors for potential business recruitment that would be primarily export dependent:
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Air Transportation and Unmanned Aerial Systems
The FAA designated Nevada as one of six test sites for the integration of commercial applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems into the National Air Space. With an FAA goal of introducing small, unmanned vehicles the commercial air space, Nevada has begun the process of recruiting companies to Nevada to test at our sites. Along with the state's four designated test sites, airport facilities in Lander County are available for UAV operation locations. Find out more at the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems. |
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