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UK Refinery Dispute Deepens As Ineos Snubs Conciliation Offer

10.10.2013 - The Swiss-based oil refiner Ineos refused on Tuesday to go to independent arbitration in a dispute with workers at its Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical plant in Scotland...

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Ineos Writes Down Value of UK Grangemouth Petchem Plant to Zero

07.10.2013 - Oil refiner Ineos has written down the value of its Grangemouth, UK petrochemical plant to zero, it said, further raising the stakes in a complex dispute with workers at the...

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Ineos Unveils Grangemouth 'Survival Plan' with Job Cuts

01.10.2013 - Ineos announced what it described as a "survival plan" to keep in operation the petrochemical plant attached to its refinery in Grangemouth, Scotland, involving job cuts and...

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Solvay and Ineos Submit Application for Clearance of Proposed Joint Venture

19.09.2013 - Further to the signing of a letter of intent to form a 50/50 Joint Venture, Ineos and Solvay have submitted their application for competition clearance to the European Commission...

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Ineos Threatens to Quit Grangemouth Over Shale Gas and Labor Costs

10.09.2013 - Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe has threatened to close the now Swiss-based petrochemical group's operations at Grangemouth, Scotland - where it operates two crackers, a polyethylene...

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France’s Total Said to Be Eyeing Closure of Carling cracker

03.09.2013 - French petrochemicals group Total is said to be close to announcing a shutdown of its loss-making steam cracker at Carling, in northeastern France. The cracker's viability is no...

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Styrolution CEO Triggers Speculation Over BASF Exit Plans

30.08.2013 - BASF and Ineos are seeking to quell speculation over impending ownership changes at their 50:50 styrenic polymers joint venture Styrolution after the jv's CEO Roberto Gualdoni was...

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Ineos Oligomers Building New LAO Plant on U.S. Gulf Coast

03.07.2013 - Ineos Oligomers has announced plans to build a new plant for linear alpha olefins (LAO) on the U.S. Gulf coast. Set to start up in 2016, the facility will have initial capacity of...