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Glimmer of Hope for Grangemouth After Union Rethink

24.10.2013 - Following a meeting between shop stewards of the Scottish trade union United and representatives of Ineos management on the morning of Oct. 24, it appeared as if the union was...

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Jim Ratcliffe: Ineos Not Bluffing On Closure Of Scotland's Grangemouth Refinery

21.10.2013 - Ineos is not bluffing with its plan to shut Scotland's Grangemouth oil refinery within weeks unless workers agree by a Monday deadline to accept proposed cuts in terms and...

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Ineos Halts Grangemouth Ahead of Union Backdown

16.10.2013 - Ineos began temporarily shuttering production at its mammoth petrochemicals site in Grangemouth, Scotland on October 15 after walking out of the ongoing mediation process with 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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UK Shale Gas Will Not Hinder Climate Targets

10.09.2013 - Shale gas production in Britain should not hinder the UK's ability to meet its climate change targets, a report by the Department of Energy and Climate Change's chief scientific...

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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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Anti-Fracking Demo Blocks Access to British Site

20.08.2013 - British police dispersed hundreds of protesters who blocked access to an oil exploration site in rural England on Monday in an intensification of an almost month-long standoff over...

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Britain Unveils Tax Breaks for Shale Gas Investment

19.07.2013 - The British government unveiled draft tax breaks on Friday to drive investment in shale gas production, in what it termed the most generous shale incentives in the world. The new...