Louisiana Economic Development

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Paul Moore, CEO of South Louisiana Methanol (SLM), announced January 4 a plan to build a new $2.2 billion methanol complex on a 1,500-acre… Read More

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, alongside officials from Yantai, China-based Wanhua Chemical Group Company Ltd., announced November 16 the company will build a $1.25 billion chemical manufacturing complex in Convent,… Read More

Fuji Vegetable Oil Inc. broke ground November 2 on what will become a food processing, storage and distribution complex on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish,… Read More

One of Louisiana’s major plastic resin manufacturers and exporters—Shintech Louisiana LLC—has announced a $1.49 billion expansion plan for its facility in Plaquemine, La. Shintech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shin-Etsu… Read More

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that Melbourne, Australia-based Syrah Resources has selected a site in Vidalia, La., across the Mississippi River from Natchez, Miss., for a new… Read More

The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans took an initial step at its January 19 meeting toward studying the feasibility of building a second container terminal within… Read More