Japanese chemical company announces $500M Louisiana facility
UBE Corp., a Japanese chemical company, announced Thursday that it plans to build a $500 million manufacturing facility for key electric vehicle battery components...
Japanese firm to support Louisiana Green Fuels’ SAF development
Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corp., has signed on as a project partner for the development of Louisiana Green Fuels...
Baton Rouge contractors dominate top performers list
Once again, Baton Rouge companies occupied three of the top five slots on the Associated Builders and Contractors’ annual Top Performance list, ranking its...
Lake Charles Methanol announces plans for $3.2B manufacturing plant
Lake Charles Methanol II LLC announced plans last week to invest $3.24 billion to construct a manufacturing plant that will produce low-carbon intensity methanol...
State grants $100M in bonds for Chevron biodiesel plant expansion in Geismar
Louisiana has allotted $100 million in bonds to support Chevron Corp’s expansion of its renewable diesel production facility in Geismar, reports Rigzone.
Governor Jeff Landry...
Syrah Resources edges closer to AAM production in Vidalia
Syrah Resources hopes to begin active anode material production at its Vidalia facility by the end of January, reports The Market Herald. The company...
Ucore acquires brownfield site in Alexandria for new rare earth facility
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. recently announced the January acquisition of an 80,800-square-foot brownfield facility on 10-plus acres in Alexandria for the development of its...
Element 25 approved for $57 million in tax incentives for Ascension Parish facility
Element 25 Ltd. has achieved all of the state's Industrial Tax Exempt Program (ITEP) requirements to support a lithium-ion battery grade high purity manganese...
Manufacturing construction hits $210 billion annually
Manufacturing-related construction hit a $210 billion annual rate in November, more than triple the average rate in the 2010s, according to census data out...
BLS: Louisiana is second best southern state for construction jobs
Louisiana ranks as the 9th best state for construction jobs in the U.S., outranking all other southern states except for West Virginia, reports LBM...
