MCM Plastics expands south Louisiana production
Texas-based MCM Plastics is spending $2.7 million to expand its plastics production facility in Holden.
According to Louisiana Economic Development, the company’s project will create...
Lotte Chemical’s Westlake cracker starts operations this month
Lotte Chemical's ethylene cracker complex in Westlake will start commercial operations this month, with hopes of expanding its global presence and diversifying its ingredients...
ITC closure impacts Louisiana petrochemical plants
The reopening of Intercontinental Terminals Co. could end weeks of major disruption in the petrochemical supply chain with ripple effects for Louisiana, the Houston...
Dormant Westlake ethane cracker is back in business
The renovation and restart of a dormant ethane cracker in Westlake is mechanically complete.
The Oil & Gas Journal reports the 440,000 tons-per-year cracker owned...
Feds give $3.2M to New Orleans, Baton Rouge container-on-barge program
The Maritime Administration has awarded the ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans a $3.2 million Marine Highway Program grant to support an initiative...
BASF moves forward with MDI production expansion in Geismar
BASF will proceed with the $87 million second phase of its production expansion for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, or MDI, at its chemical complex in...
Owners of Geismar Olefins Facility may be exploring sale
The owner of Nova Chemicals, which operates a facility in Geismar, may be exploring a sale of the plastics and resins maker.
A report by...
Roundup ruling unlikely to impact Louisiana production plant—for now
Though the recent verdict of a San Francisco federal jury linking Roundup weed killer to cancer was the second in the U.S. in less...
ExxonMobil picked Baton Rouge but ITEP debate isn’t over
The local business community, fearful of the fallout from the ongoing controversy over the Industrial Tax Exemption Program, breathed a sigh of relief in...
Industry groups celebrate ExxonMobil’s $1 billion investment
Industry groups are celebrating ExxonMobil’s long-awaited announcement that Baton Rouge will be the site of the company’s new polypropylene production unit, a project valued...
