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re: Hyundai to build new $5 billion steel mill in Ascension Parish
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:37 pm to dewster
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:37 pm to dewster
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Environmental permits would be my concern, but that should be a lot easier now than the St. James project.
Getting the permits was the easy part for Formosa. The activists managed to hold those permits hostage for 5 years after they were issued.
I understand that this is Ascension and not St. James, but I’m not sure that’s going to matter when the same folks will be a couple of miles from this plant. I think you have to go into this expecting local opposition. Hell, I think it’s reasonable to expect “environmental justice” opposition for just about every major greenfield project between Convent and NOLA at this point.
Hopefully Hyundai, LDEQ, etc. are better prepared to deal with it now that they’ve seen the Formosa shitshow play out.
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:41 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:There is a huge push right now to fortify the US flagged merchant fleet. There is a hearing going on today about Trump wanting to charge Chinese flagged and even Chinese built ships seven figures per port call.
HHI isn't going to get involved in American shipbuilding. They are dominant on the world stage excluding America and Europe, due to the jones act and whatever europe's equivalent is. Commercial shipbuilding in America is basically dead right now, and there's no evidence that there would be customers for the kind of operation Hyundai runs. They spit container ships out like economy cars. They could do that here with pushboats and dredges but the only customers would be US companies needing US flagged vessels. HHI and China have the market sewed up already for non-US flagged ships.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:41 pm to jizzle6609
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Asian companies are very underappreciated.
Makes sense. The movie Gung Ho with Michael Keaton is also very under appreciated.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:44 pm to toosleaux
Great news for the Baton Rouge area.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:08 pm to lostinbr
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I understand that this is Ascension and not St. James, but I’m not sure that’s going to matter when the same folks will be a couple of miles from this plant. I think you have to go into this expecting local opposition.
Yep. Ascension spots are usually pointed out in rabble rousing pieces like this:
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:25 pm to dewster
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It's going to be on the west bank just upriver from the McCall community.
might help property value on that side the river then... every little bit helps
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:31 pm to toosleaux
Actually extremely happy for the home state.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:48 pm to el Gaucho
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Sad that they always build these cancer factories in backwards economically depressed places like ascension parish
I, for one, agree. This should be built in the affluent Washington Parish area of sophistication so that I don't have to be offshore trash anymore.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:51 pm to el Gaucho
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Sad that they always build these cancer factories in backwards economically depressed places like ascension parish
Not your best work.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 2:34 pm to toosleaux
Let's go governor Landry
Posted on 3/24/25 at 3:24 pm to tigersmanager
I know it's pie in the sky....but can we get Hyundai shipbuilding to move into Louisiana too?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 3:32 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Their cars are awesome. I wish they'd start making 3/4 and 1 ton pickup trucks.
Hyundai is partnering with GM for electrics; they may get a variant of Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon pickup soon.
There are some ICE delivery vans that Hyundai may bring to the US in a GM factory as well.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 3:48 pm to goofball
I want a 1 ton dually diesel Hyundai option.
I just don't see any of them doing the development bullshite for an EPA compliant diesel pickup truck, especially after the volkswagen and cummins arse rapings. That's a lot of risk for one country worth of sales, albeit a big kne.
I just don't see any of them doing the development bullshite for an EPA compliant diesel pickup truck, especially after the volkswagen and cummins arse rapings. That's a lot of risk for one country worth of sales, albeit a big kne.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:10 pm to toosleaux
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Hyundai to build new $5 billion steel mill in Ascension Parish
Now all Hyundai needs to do is buy a Toyota engine plant (does LA have one of those?)
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:18 pm to Furious
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This may be the dumbest comment I’ve seen in a while.
Ascension Parish has the 4th highest median household income in the state.
You're obviously not familiar with El Goucho
And just so you know-
Ascension boasts the highest median household income in Louisiana at $93,800.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:18 pm to achenator
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Trump wanting to charge Chinese flagged and even Chinese built ships seven figures per port call.
Great. More pass-through price increases to be paid 100% by consumers.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:19 pm to toosleaux
Awesome news for Louisiana and Ascension Parish! Hopefully they Buy America for the construction products needed and not follow the footsteps of the Air Products expansion.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:20 pm to goofball
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but can we get Hyundai shipbuilding to move into Louisiana too?
I don’t think we have the materials to put out the large cargo vessels like HHI builds anymore. There certainly isn’t any yard or dock in Louisiana that could even dream of accommodating something like that.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 4:58 pm to JMITB21
But have you seen the hairlines on those piles they bought???
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