Industrial projects earn Louisiana the 2021 Silver Shovel Award
Area Development magazine has recognized Louisiana for one of the nation’s best economic development performances, presenting the state with a 2021 Silver Shovel Award.
The 2021...
Ingalls shipyard recruiting Louisiana workers for Navy contract
A day after announcing it had secured a Navy contract worth more than $700 million, Pascagoula’s Ingalls Shipbuilding deployed its talent acquisition team to...
Lake Charles fire partly to blame for ‘worst chlorine shortage the country has ever...
A fire last August in south Louisiana during Hurricane Laura is being blamed in part for creating "the worst chlorine shortage the country has...
ExxonMobil moves forward with $240M investment in Baton Rouge
ExxonMobil announced this morning it will move forward with a $240 million investment at its north Baton Rouge refinery to modernize and upgrade the...
Another multibillion-dollar deal for Driftwood: Energy trader Vitol signs on
Tellurian has finalized another LNG sales-and-purchase agreement—this one with energy trader Vitol.
According to an announcement late last week, the deal is for 3 mtpa...
Weyerhaeuser to invest $157 million at Holden sawmill
Weyerhaeuser announced plans last week for a two-phased investment at its Holden facility, according to a Louisiana Economic Development press release.
The project includes a...
Shintech expansion’s first phase to be completed in mid-2021
The first phase of U.S. polyvinyl chloride producer Shintech's PVC expansion in Louisiana remains on track to finish construction in mid-2021, reports S&P Global.
The...
Bio-Lab plans rebuild, expansion in Lake Charles
A swimming pool chemical plant that was damaged by Hurricane Laura last year near Lake Charles is looking to rebuild and expand its plant and...
Bollinger acquires Gulf Island’s shipbuilding assets
Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards continued its pattern of growth by acquiring the shipbuilding assets of Gulf Island Fabrication in Houma, reports KATC. The deal positions...
Grön Fuels complex in Port Allen receives air permit
Fidelis Infrastructure and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced on April 22 another milestone in the development of the $9.2 billion Grön Fuels renewable...
