JH Kelly and Borton were competing with Minnesota-based T.E. Ibberson, which built the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview. Union trade workers rallied in support of Kelly, saying they feared that Ibberson would hire mostly out-of-town workers, as it did at EGT. Northwest Labor Press photo.

JH Kelly and Borton were competing with Minnesota-based T.E. Ibberson, which built the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview. Union trade workers rallied in support of Kelly, saying they feared that Ibberson would hire mostly out-of-town workers, as it did at EGT. Northwest Labor Press photo.

Longview contractor JH Kelly will receive a large portion of a $50 million contract to expand the Temco grain terminal at the southern end of the Port of Kalama, a Kelly official said.

Although the owners of Temco and the general contractor, Kansas-based Borton LC, are ironing out final details through the end of this month, JH Kelly officials say they are preparing to start work at the terminal in the beginning of 2013. … Temco — a joint venture owned by Minnesota-based cooperative CHS Inc. and Cargill — is planning to build eight to 12 new silos, new rail lines and new conveyor belts to boost it grain-handling operation.

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