Hyundai meets resistance in getting $900M in tax-exempt bonds for Ascension Parish mill
Opponents are wanting state financing officials to block a $900 million tax-exempt bond issue proposal tied to Hyundai’s planned $5.8B steel manufacturing facility in...
Planned $277M heavy rare earths facility at the Port of Vinton gets financial backing
Aclara Resources has received a letter of interest from the U.S. Export-Import Bank for up to $750 million to support Project Dynamo, its planned...
Hyundai’s $5.8 billion low-carbon steel plant breaks ground
Officials broke ground on the new $5.8 billion Hyundai steel plant in Donaldsonville on Friday, reports WBRZ.
Site preparation for the project began several months...
Carencro’s Coastal Machine & Supply preps for SpaceX with $25.5 million expansion
Coastal Machine & Supply plans to invest $25.5 million to expand its Carencro facility by 120,000 square feet and add production lines for aerospace...
Lengthy Hyundai air permit hearing attracts supporters and critics in Donaldsonville
A public hearing over the Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel’s proposed air permit lasted more than four hours Tuesday night in Donaldsonville, with supporters touting the...
CHS and OCP North America to build $450M phosphate fertilizer facility in Waggaman
CHS, America’s leading farmer-owned cooperative, and OCP North America recently announced that they are jointly investing in a $450 million phosphate fertilizer production facility...
Big day in Ascension: DEQ hearings on Hyundai-POSCO steel mill set for 6 pm
The public will get a formal opportunity today at 6 p.m. to weigh in on the proposed Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel mill as state regulators...
LED’s Susan Bourgeois: Landing SpaceX spaceport project took only six months
Louisiana’s deal to land SpaceX’s $100 billion Vermilion Parish spaceport project came together in just more than six months, according to Louisiana Economic Development Secretary...
Ascension’s industrial boom begins as CF Industries breaks ground on nearly $4B Blue Point...
Federal officials, state leaders, and energy executives gathered Wednesday to celebrate a milestone years in the making as CF Industries broke ground on Blue...
It’s official: SpaceX is coming to Louisiana
SpaceX, the Elon Musk-led aerospace company, is investing $100 billion to build a launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish, state officials announced Tuesday morning...
