#chemical

9:13am, 2nd August, 2019

Shut Philadelphia refinery begins risky job of removing toxic chemical

Workers at the fire-damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery took the first steps this week toward ridding the plant of roughly 30,000 barrels of modified hydrofluoric acid, a dangerous undertaking that has rarely, if ever, been performed under...

Exxon fighting fire at Baytown, Texas, refinery and chemical complex

12:55pm, 31st July, 2019

US

Exxon fighting fire at Baytown, Texas, refinery and chemical complex

Exxon Mobil Corp said it was fighting a fire that erupted on Wednesday at its 560,000 barrels per day Baytown, Texas, refining and chemical plant complex.

DowDuPont profit falls 28 percent on delayed shipments, weak chemical demand

11:45am, 2nd May, 2019

Business

DowDuPont profit falls 28 percent on delayed shipments, weak chemical demand

DowDuPont Inc posted a 28 percent slump in quarterly profit on Thursday, as floods in the United States delayed seed shipments and demand for its specialized chemicals used by the auto and smartphone industries declined, sending shares down about 6 p...

France's Suez says to help China improve chemical industry safety after blast

12:05am, 17th April, 2019

World

France's Suez says to help China improve chemical industry safety after blast

China has asked French utility Suez SA to help the country's efforts to tackle underlying safety issues in its massive chemical sector after a deadly explosion in the eastern coastal city of Yancheng last month, a company executive said.

Texas jury adds assault charges against chemical company, executive

1:49pm, 10th April, 2019

US

Texas jury adds assault charges against chemical company, executive

A Texas grand jury on Wednesday indicted chemicals manufacturer Arkema North America and one of its executives on assault charges, alleging they underplayed the dangers of a fire that injured two emergency workers called to the site during a fire.

Blast at Chinese chemical plant kills 47; Xi orders probe

4:57pm, 22nd March, 2019

World

Blast at Chinese chemical plant kills 47; Xi orders probe

An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China has killed 47 people and injured more than 600, state media said on Friday, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that has angered the public.

Blast at Chinese chemical plant blast kills 44, injures 640

9:22pm, 21st March, 2019

World

Blast at Chinese chemical plant blast kills 44, injures 640

An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China's Jiangsu province has killed 44 people and injured more than 600, state media said on Friday, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that has angered the public.

Texas residents ordered indoors, schools closed after chemical plant fire

10:12am, 21st March, 2019

US

Texas residents ordered indoors, schools closed after chemical plant fire

Residents of two Houston-area cities were told to stay indoors and schools in six communities were closed on Thursday due to air pollution by a cancer-causing chemical after a petrochemical plant fire.

Syria rejects OPCW report on 'toxic chemical' used in attack: SANA

2:04pm, 7th March, 2019

World

Syria rejects OPCW report on 'toxic chemical' used in attack: SANA

Syria's foreign ministry said on Thursday it "categorically rejects" the finding of the global chemical weapons agency that a "toxic chemical" was used in an attack last April on a Syrian rebel-held town.

New U.S. sanctions over chemical weapons would be 'illegal': Kremlin

12:57pm, 7th November, 2018

World

New U.S. sanctions over chemical weapons would be 'illegal': Kremlin

Russia would consider any new chemical weapons-related sanctions imposed by the United States to be illegal, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday.

U.S. says to issue chemical weapons-related sanctions against Russia

5:19pm, 6th November, 2018

World

U.S. says to issue chemical weapons-related sanctions against Russia

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it would impose additional sanctions on Russia after Moscow failed to give reasonable assurances it would not use chemical weapons after a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England.

Dutch government says it disrupted Russian attempt to hack chemical weapons watchdog

7:27am, 4th October, 2018

World

Dutch government says it disrupted Russian attempt to hack chemical weapons watchdog

Dutch authorities disrupted an attempt in April by Russian intelligence agents to hack the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld said on Thursday.

Germany: We must do all we can to prevent chemical attack in Syria

8:14am, 12th September, 2018

World

Germany: We must do all we can to prevent chemical attack in Syria

Germany and other countries must do all they can to prevent chemical weapons being used in Syria, Germany's defense minister said on Wednesday, adding that a "credible deterrent" was needed.

U.S. military drawing up options should Syria use chemical weapons

10:02pm, 7th September, 2018

World

U.S. military drawing up options should Syria use chemical weapons

America's top general on Saturday said he was involved in "routine dialogue" with President Donald Trump about military options should Syria ignore Washington's warnings against using chemical weapons in an expected assault on the enclave o...

U.S. has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib: envoy

7:13pm, 6th September, 2018

World

U.S. has seen evidence of Syria preparing chemical weapons in Idlib: envoy

There is "lots of evidence" chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib region in northwest Syria, the new U.S. representative for Syria said on Thursday, warning any attack on the last big rebel enclave would be a "reckl...

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury

4:12pm, 4th September, 2018

UK

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury

Laboratory tests by the chemical weapons watchdog confirmed British conclusions that two people in Amesbury, southwest England, were exposed to a Novichok-type nerve agent, it said on Tuesday.

U.S. court orders Trump administration to enforce chemical safety rule

2:42pm, 17th August, 2018

US

U.S. court orders Trump administration to enforce chemical safety rule

A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately implement an Obama-era chemical safety rule introduced in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas that killed 15 people.

Chemical weapons inspectors to collect new samples in UK nerve agent poisoning

7:27am, 7th August, 2018

UK

Chemical weapons inspectors to collect new samples in UK nerve agent poisoning

Inspectors of the world's chemical weapons watchdog will return to Britain on request of the government to take new samples of the nerve agent which killed one person and injured another in Amesbury, England, in June.

Chemical weapons agency says has collected samples from Amesbury for identification

10:31am, 18th July, 2018

UK

Chemical weapons agency says has collected samples from Amesbury for identification

The world's chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday it has collected samples to identify the substance believed to have caused the July 8 death of a British woman in Amesbury, England, and sickened her partner.

West, Russia face off over empowering chemical weapons body

8:10am, 26th June, 2018

World

West, Russia face off over empowering chemical weapons body

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Britain, which has condemned Russia over the nerve agent poisoning of an ex-spy, is pushing to give more teeth to the global chemical weapons watchdog so that it can identify those responsible for attacks with banned toxic subst...