Tesla eyes lithium hydroxide facility on Gulf Coast
Electric car giant Tesla is evaluating the feasibility of a lithium hydroxide refining facility on the Gulf Coast of Texas, reports CNBC.
Tesla said the plant...
Grön Fuels selects critical supplier for Port Allen plant
Grön Fuels has selected Yokogawa Corp. of America as its preferred supplier of automation technology, equipment and services.
Grön plans to build a $9.2 billion...
Synthetic rubber manufacturer investing $22M in Geismar facility
Synthetic rubber manufacturer Lion Elastomers has invested $22 million to construct a new multilevel production building housing two new finishing lines at its manufacturing...
ExxonMobil to temporarily shut down portion of Baton Rouge refinery in January
ExxonMobil intends to temporarily shut down a coker and crude distillation unit at its Baton Rouge refinery in January for maintenance, Reuters reports.
The Baton Rouge refinery...
Cargill to upgrade salt mine facility near Breaux Bridge
Cargill, a Minneapolis-based food supplier that operates salt mines in Louisiana, announced last week that it is upgrading its facility near Breaux Bridge to...
Are carbon capture projects worth their weight in tax exemptions?
Louisiana officials over the past week have been touting state incentives for a $198.5 million carbon capture project at an Ascension Parish chemical plant.
However,...
Cheniere to continue expanding in Louisiana after productive year
Cheniere Energy Inc. is in the early stages to again expand LNG export facilities in Louisiana and Texas following a series of supply deals...
BASF announces $19.8M Geismar plant expansion
BASF announced last week that it will invest $19.8 million in its Ascension Parish manufacturing complex to increase production of the chemical intermediates HEP...
CF Industries to invest $185.5M at Ascension Parish plant
CF Industries today announced it plans to invest $198.5 million to construct a CO2 compression and dehydration unit at its Ascension Parish plant in...
Louisiana’s entry into biofuels market energizes timber industry
Gov. John Bel Edwards and other officials recently announced the construction of a new, $110 million sawmill by British Columbia-based Teal Jones. The groundbreaking...
