Domino Sugar Refinery Breaks Ground on $785 Million Expansion

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  • Parish President Louis Pomes joined o cials from ASR Group and the Domino Sugar Re. nery in the ground breaking ceremony to announce the beginning of construction on their $785 million expansion.
    Parish President Louis Pomes joined o cials from ASR Group and the Domino Sugar Re. nery in the ground breaking ceremony to announce the beginning of construction on their $785 million expansion.

    On Tuesday, May 5, a groundbreaking was held at the Domino Sugar Chalmette Refinery in Arabi to officially kick off the construction of a new $785 million expansion of the facility. Owned by the Florida-based American Sugar Refining (ASR) Group, the over-century-old refinery in Arabi is already the largest sugar refinery in the western hemisphere, and this expansion further cements its importance …