Air Liquide to spend more than $350M to support Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana mill

France’s Air Liquide is investing more than $350 million to expand industrial gas production and infrastructure in support of the proposed Hyundai-POSCO EAF mill in Louisiana.

The Paris-based multinational that supplies industrial gases and related services is adding a new Air Separation Unit in St. James Parish, La., at the existing Koch Methanol facility, according to a press release from Louisiana Economic Development.

Ethan Bernard

Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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