Allegiance buying Short Creek Mine
Australia’s Allegiance Coal plans to buy Birmingham’s Short Creek Mine from Drummond Co. for $4.4 million cash and $11.5 million in a reclamation bond. Allegiance is headquartered in Australia but has two offices in Canada. – Financial Review
Chefs, food writers, others gather in Birmingham for conference
Chefs, food writers, authors and others in the food world from across the country will be part of the International Association of Culinary Professionals’ annual conference this weekend at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham. Guests will include Kim Severson, Dorie Greenspan, Rick Bragg and others. – Alabama NewsCenter
Buc-ee’s breaks ground in Auburn
Buc-ee’s broke ground Wednesday for its newest location in Auburn. It’s the third location in Alabama for the massive travel center that offers gas, food and much more in its store. — Global NewsWire
Onin Group acquires staffing company
The Onin Group, a staffing provider based in Birmingham, has acquired Trac Staffing, a light industrial staffing company located in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Terms of the deal were not announced. The two locations of Trac Staffing will be rebranded as Onin Staffing. – Staffing Industry Analysts
