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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Yuma Ethanol has agreed to pay a $5,850 civil penalty and correct the storage and usage violations of toxic and flammable substances at its...
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ChevronPhillips Chemical resumes ethylene production at Texas complex
ChevronPhillips Chemical said that it is restarting ethylene production at its olefins complex in Sweeny, Texas, US, following a power and steam...
China begins anti-dumping proceedings on chemical solvent and boxboard imports
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has initiated two anti-dumping investigations on imports of certain chemical solvents and boxboard from the US and the...
EPA files enforcement action against Asarco
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken enforcement action against the Asarco copper smelter in Hayden, Arizona, following complaints about toxic...
PPG declares force majeure in Thailand
PPG Industries, a maker of coatings and speciality products, has declared force majeure on certain optical products due to flooding in...
Tosoh shuts monomer manufacturing facilities after fire
Japanese intergraded chemicals maker Tosoh has shut three vinyl chloride monomer manufacturing plants at its Nanyo complex in western Japan following a...
Hackers target chemical firms
Hackers have targeted about 50 organisations, including chemical and defence companies, in a global wave of cyber-attacks that has been traced to China, security provider Symantec said in a...
India levies anti-dumping duty on imported rubber chemical
India's finance ministry has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to $0.23/kg on all imports of MBTS dibenzothiazole disulphide from China, for a period of five...
DEA issues emergency ban for bath salt chemical
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a temporary ban on three synthetic stimulants used to make products marketed as bath salts and plant...
China imposes anti-dumping tax on caprolactam imports
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said it will impose an anti-dumping tax on imports of caprolactam from the EU and the US for a period of five years, effective from 22 October...
India imposes anti-dumping duty on imported caustic soda
India's Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties has imposed an anti-dumping duty of $366 per dry metric ton on imports of caustic soda from South...
EPA provides health assessment for TCE
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final health assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE) to the integrated risk information system (IRIS)...
EPA fines chemical company for violations
John R Hess & Company has agreed to pay a penalty of $23,400 to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to appropriately report chemicals used on its site...
India imposes anti-dumping duty on morpholine imports
India's Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to $0.81/kg on imports of morpholine from China, the US and European...
India explores provisional import duties on soda ash
India's Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties, part of the commerce ministry, has proposed to impose anti-dumping duties ranging from $11.55/t to $38.38/t on imports of soda ash...
EPA fines Maine facility for unsafe hazardous chemical storage
Monson Companies has been fined $151,900 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the improper storage of hazardous materials, in violation of federal and state...
Maruzen Petrochemical Restarts Naphtha Cracker
Japan's Maruzen Petrochemical has restarted its 480,000t / year naphtha cracker in Chiba, Japan, nearly a month after it was shut down following the earthquake on 11March. With the restart...
M Setek to Restart Polysilicon Plant in June
M Setek has announced that it plans to resume polysilicon production at its plant in Soma City, Japan, in June. Operations were suspended after the 11 March earthquake led to power...
Teijin DuPont Restarts Operations in PET Film Plant
The Teijin DuPont Films joint venture has restarted operations at its PET film plant in Ibaraki, Japan. The plant was shut down following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country...
Mitsubishi Chemical Crackers to Stay Closed for Two Months
Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical has said that it will take at least two months to restart operations at two naphtha crackers at its Kashima plant, which was affected by the earthquake and tsunami...
Japan's Petrochemical Output Hit Following Quake
Several petrochemical plants in Japan remain shut while others are running at a low rate following the earthquake and devastating tsunami that occurred on 11 March. About 25% of...
