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Record investment, rising costs, carbon capture battles, clean energy pivots and crumbling infrastructure—Louisiana’s industrial...

It has been a bipolar year for Louisiana’s industrial complex. The elation over a tsunami of new investments, lower tax rates and softening regulations has been dampened in many ways by ever-changing tariffs, consistently...

Turner Industries plans two Louisiana nuclear fabrication sites

Turner Industries announced Tuesday it will expand nuclear fabrication capabilities at its facilities in New Iberia and Port Allen, a project expected to create 1,000 direct jobs as Louisiana positions itself to capture growth...

Supply chain disruptions prompt BASF to once again raise prices on plastic additives

For the second time in as many months, BASF is raising prices for plastic additives, imposing an additional 25% increase after a 20% hike in March. The increases are largely caused by conflict-related disruptions...

St. Francisville data center gets a little help from Wall Street

The bond market will help Hut 8 finance its planned $3 billion data center in St. Francisville, Bloomberg writes. The project, tied to a long-term lease backed by cloud startup Fluidstack and supported by...

Analysis finds billions of Louisiana industrial investment produced little job growth

A recent data analysis by The Data Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit in New Orleans, found that billions in industrial investment have produced minimal corresponding job growth, Verite writes.  Despite more than $90 billion in capital spending...

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