The first plant in North America to make battery-grade solvents for electric vehicles could be coming to Louisiana's Jefferson Parish. A new $491 million production unit is planned for Cornerstone ...

Promotion of plastic waste recycling has become a global issue, as seen in the ocean microplastic problem. While Japan's plastic recycling ratio is 86%, only 13.5% of the plastics waste are recycled ...

Plans for Japan-based chemical company UBE Corporation’s $500 million investment in Jefferson Parish has been secured, according to economic development officials. A newly formed company known as UBE ...

HOUSTON, Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UBE Corporation announced today that it held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) plant near New ...

Ube may build a plant in Louisiana that would make dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), electrolyte solvents used in lithium-ion batteries. If the firm goes ahead, the plant will ...

Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam.

The groundbreaking event brought together industry leaders, government officials, and stakeholders to commemorate the beginning of construction on the first-of-its-kind facility in the United States.