‘Largest investment in state history’: Lee announces $6.6B deal with South Korea metals company

‘Largest investment in state history’: Lee announces $6.6B deal with South Korea metals company

Gov. Bill Lee this week announced the state's largest economic investment: $6.6 billion joint venture between South Korea-based Korea Zinc and the federal government for a minerals in Middle Tennessee. Pictured: Tennessee State Capitol. (Photo: John Partipilo)A South Korea metals company will invest $6.6 billion to build a minerals refinery on the site of a shuttered mine in Smith County, marking the largest single economic investment in Tenness…