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Orion Engineered Carbons has announced that it has completed construction of a new carbon black production line at its plant in Yeosu,...

Birla Carbon has announced the appointment of Todd Cottrell as president of its Specialty Blacks Business. He will succeed Jas Sandhu who...

Notch Consulting has recently updated both of its reports covering the global carbon black industry: The Carbon Black World Data Book and...

Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd, a Kolkata-based integrated specialty carbon company, is looking to invest ₹628 crore for brownfield...

Cancarb Ltd. has chosen COPCI S.A.S. as its authorized distributor for Thermax brand thermal carbon black in France, effective Feb. 15....

Cabot Corporation has announced it is purchasing Tech Blend, a producer of black masterbatches based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec,...

Konimpex Ltd., a distributor of raw materials and chemicals for the tire and rubber sector, has opened a new logistics center in Kolo,...

ERJ reports that China’s largest carbon black maker Black Cat is planning to break ground on a research institute in Qingdao, Shandong...

On September 14, Cabot Corporation officially opened its new Asia technology center on the campus of its regional headquarters in...

Safic-Alcan Deutschland and Safic-Alcan Belgium, subsidiaries of the Safic-Alcan Group, have announced an extended distribution agreement...

Birla Carbon announced today that it has started operations at its greenfield carbon black facility in Jining, China. Said Mr. Kumar...

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people affected by Hurricane Harvey. The images of not only the devastation but also the...

Pyrolyx A.G. has begun construction of a recovered carbon black plant in Terre Haute, Indiana. The German company said once fully...

With the purchase of the 5% stake it had not already owned, Tokai Carbon Corp. has acquired full ownership of Thai Tokai Carbon Product...

The US carbon black market has seen some turmoil over the three weeks due to operational issues at Continental Carbon’s carbon black...

Phillips Carbon Black, India’s largest carbon black producer, announced today a plan to invest Rs 300 crore (US$47M) in the current...

An Indian tire company, Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India), has announced a new project to build a 60,000 ton/year carbon black...

On Friday, Orion Engineered Carbons announced two actions: 1, A price increase of five cents per pound on all rubber carbon blacks sold...

Russian carbon black manufacturer Omsk Carbon aims to start production at its Mogilev plant by the second quarter 2018—about 18 months...

Black Bear announces that Black Bear’s carbon black has received an official Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Bronze Certificate, assessed by...