LNG terminals’ need for natural gas fuels pipeline construction boom
More than 20 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas pipeline capacity is under construction, partly completed, or approved to deliver natural gas...
Fertilizer company cancels plans for Jefferson Parish ammonia plant
A Texas fertilizer company announced last week that it has halted its plans to build an ammonia plant in Jefferson Parish, reports Louisiana Illuminator....
West Feliciana foundry plans $7.4M modernization project
Howell Foundry, an industrial metal casting company, is investing $7.4 million to upgrade its processing facility in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Economic Development announced.
The...
Louisiana tops $25 billion in capital investment in 2023
Louisiana is marking its seventh consecutive year-over-year capital investment growth as it nears the end of 2023 with more than $25 billion in new...
Ascension Parish eyed for potential $350M manufacturing facility
A Chinese-owned producer of materials for rechargeable batteries is considering building a $350 million manufacturing plant in Ascension Parish, state and company officials announced...
Weyerhaeuser planning $96.2M lumber mill modernization project
Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberland, including 1.39 million acres in Louisiana, last week announced it is investing $96.2 million...
Proposed facilities in New Orleans, Iberia Parish would turn plastic waste, tires into green...
A company that turns plastic waste and used tires into green hydrogen is seeking to invest $100 million to build processing plants in New...
Denham Springs industrial pipe fabricator investing $4.3M to expand facilities
Denham Springs-based Pipe and Steel Industrial Fabricators is investing $4.3 million in an expansion of its Livingston Parish manufacturing facilities.
The project, announced in a...
DG Fuels lets contract for proposed Louisiana SAF complex
DG Fuels has awarded Emerson Electric the contract to deliver automation and project engineering services for a planned grassroots complex that will produce sustainable...
Uncertain project economics can put a contractor’s profitability at risk. Here’s how some are...
An industrial contractor’s ability to maintain a healthy profit margin can be tenuous, at best, in an age of fluctuating material prices, rising wages...
