Crest Industries starting new specialty chemicals company in Louisiana
Crest Industries is creating a new specialty chemicals company that will manufacture innovative products at the Central Louisiana Regional Port in Alexandria.
Crest Industries will...
Exxon on the hunt for Baton Rouge suppliers
ExxonMobil is on the hunt for Baton Rouge suppliers to take part in its planned $410 million refinery project.
According to The Associated Press, a...
Norco plant to complement Port Arthur renewable diesel facility
Darling and Valero recently announced that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), has received approval to begin construction of a renewable diesel...
Shintech investing $1.3B to expand facilities in Iberville, West Baton Rouge
Shintech Louisiana is investing $1.3 billion to expand its manufacturing and packaging facilities in Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes, Gov. John Bel Edwards’...
Loren Scott: State could recover all jobs lost from pandemic
After originally predicting last fall that it could take up to two full years for Louisiana to recover all the jobs lost since the...
Corps money will finish dredging Mississippi River for Panamax ships
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $45.7 million in the next fiscal year to continue deepening the Mississippi River channel to...
International Paper announces $52 million upgrade in Bogalusa
Bernie Chascin, plant manager at International Paper in Bogalusa, announced last week that the company plans to invest up to $52.2 million to increase...
ExxonMobil files ITEP request for Baton Rouge refinery modernization
ExxonMobil is requesting a roughly $2.7 million property tax break over the first year of a project to modernize and upgrade its aging north Baton Rouge...
Grön Fuels project named nation’s No. 2 deal by ‘Business Facilities’
Grön Fuels’ proposed renewable fuels complex in West Baton Rouge Parish has been named the nation’s No. 2 project in Business Facilities magazine’s 2020...
Federal judge dismisses challenge against Formosa Plastics while Corps of Engineers reconsiders permit
A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a Chinese conglomerate’s plans for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana because the Army Corps...
