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BIG and AGC Vinythai Partner for Low-Carbon Future
Published on 11/02/2025
» As industries move toward a greener future, Bangkok Industrial Gas (BIG) and AGC Vinythai Public Company Limited have taken a significant step by signing a cooperation agreement to supply low-carbon nitrogen and oxygen via pipeline. This partnership, set within the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong Province, will support the sustainable production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), with operations expected to begin in 2025.
Firm suspended after chemical fire in Thailand's Rayong province
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/09/2024
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has ordered a partial suspension of the Thai Plastic and Chemicals Plc in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong following a fire around its vinyl chloride production unit on Sunday.
Toxic smoke alert from fire in Rayong
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/09/2024
» People living near Thai Plastic and Chemicals Plc in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong have been advised to stay away from toxic smoke from its plant fire.
Toxic smoke alert from industrial estate fire in Thailand's Rayong
Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2024
» RAYONG: People living downwind of Thai Plastic and Chemicals Plc in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Muang district have been advised to stay away from toxic smoke from its plant fire resulting from the leakage of flammable gas vinyl chloride.
Residents near toxic US train derailment told water 'safe' to drink
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - The governor of Ohio told residents living near the site of a toxic train derailment that it was "safe" to drink the water, as authorities investigate potential environmental fallout from the accident earlier this month.
PTTGC plan for polymers set to pay off
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 27/05/2022
» PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC), Thailand's largest petrochemical producer by capacity, is looking forward to a rapid rise in earnings from sales of high-value polymers before 2030, part of its efforts to reduce risks from the commodity-grade polymer market.
Sanitising history
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 01/02/2019
» Historical parks and learning centres under the Fine Arts Department nationwide will be free of styrofoam food containers soon under a new environmentally friendly policy.
ChemChina says gas leak at Hebei plant caused blast that killed 23
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2018
» BEIJING: A gas leak at a plant owned by a ChemChina subsidiary caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 this week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday.
Vietnam finds Taiwanese company responsible for fish deaths
Published on 01/07/2016
» HANOI - Vietnam's government said toxic discharges from a Taiwanese-owned steel plant were responsible for massive fish deaths that have decimated tourism and fishing in four provinces and highlighted the risks of rapid growth in foreign investment.
3 killed in blast at Mexico petrochemical plant
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2016
» MEXICO CITY -- An explosion rocked a petrochemical plant on Mexico's southern Gulf coast, causing evacuations in the area as a fire billowed a toxin-filled cloud into the air. Officials said three workers died and more than 100 people were injured.