An explosion at a Houston-area chemical plant after Hurricane Harvey and a subsequent lawsuit raised new questions as to whether chemical plants provide enough information to emergency-response teams.
A group of first responders is suing Arkema, alleging they suffered ‘serious bodily injuries’ last week from a release of toxic chemicals during a series of explosions at the company’s plant near downtown Houston.
Citigroup Inc. has tapped a UBS Group AG investment banker to head up its chemicals coverage for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the second time this week the big U.S. bank has announced a new hire from its Switzerland-based rival.
A United Nations report blamed the Syrian regime for a sarin gas attack on an opposition-held town that killed at least 83 people—many of them women and children—and called it a war crime.
Houston and EPA officials are investigating a potentially hazardous plume of a carcinogenic substance in one neighborhood after a nearby oil refiner reported its operations suffered Harvey-related damage.
A bankruptcy judge in New York Tuesday tossed a lawsuit filed by creditors of LyondellBasell Industries AF to claw back more than $5.9 billion the chemical company’s shareholders received from a failed 2007 leveraged buyout.
Water is subsiding in flooded Houston neighborhoods, but Texans returning to damaged homes face plenty of obstacles, including the threat of toxic pollutants in the air and drinking water.
Arkema on Monday told residents living near its plant outside Houston they can return home, six days after they evacuated before chemicals began exploding due to flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey.
Arkema SA said Sunday it would ignite additional unstable chemicals at its plant in Crosby, Texas, because they haven’t caught fire on their own, but continue to degrade and could threaten the area.
Live television images showed fire breaking out late Friday afternoon for a second time this week at a chemical plant owned by Arkema in Crosby, Texas.
A company executive said information about volatile materials stored at the facility could have been released more quickly, but he didn’t divulge additional details.
Two explosions were reported at a Texas chemical plant, hours after the facility’s owner urged residents and others to stay away.
The flooded Crosby, Texas, plant that suffered two explosions makes organic peroxide, a family of chemical compounds with lots of industrial applications.
Industrial chemical manufacturer Arkema said early Thursday it has been notified about two explosions and black smoke coming from its heavily flooded plant in Harris County.
Bayer’s $57 billion acquisition of Monsanto will undergo an in-depth investigation by the EU on concerns that it could hurt farmers, throwing into doubt plans to complete the tie-up by the end of the year.
Akzo Nobel reached a truce with Elliott Management giving the activist investor board representation following a monthslong standoff over Elliott’s push to force the Dutch chemicals company into talks over a $28 billion takeover bid.
Florida’s battered citrus industry is gaining a new partner in its decadelong fight against a disease ravaging the state’s groves: the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer.
Authorities are investigating an alleged plot by Islamic State supporters suspected to build chemical bombs for attacks at the presidential palace and other targets.
Mexican piping and chemicals company Mexichem will buy an 80% stake in Israeli irrigation concern Netafim in a cash deal valuing the firm at $1.9 billion.
Profits at European companies are growing, but fears about the future and high investor expectations are keeping stock prices off record highs.