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The Investor reports that OCI has completed its joint venture carbon black plant in Shandong, China, which will operate as OCI Jianyang...

Notch Consulting is proud to announce the publication of the 2016 edition of the Carbon Black World Data Book, the most widely read and...

Earlier this month, Tokai Carbon announced a restructuring plan for its Chinese carbon black business, Tokai Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd....

A strike against the possible closure of Orion Engineered Carbons’ production plant in France has ended after three weeks. ERJ has details.

Notch has received word that, effective July 1st, 2016, Sid Richardson Carbon is charging a fee of $0.01 per pound for hopper truck...

Late in posting this news, but last week Cabot announced a price increase for carbon black in North America. Effective for  all shipments...

Continental Carbon Company has announced a price increase on all grades of carbon black effective July 1st, 2016. The increase will be...

On Friday, Orion Engineered Carbons announced that it has begun consultations with the Works Council at its Ambѐs, France facility in...

The biennial Carbon Black World convention was held last week in Fort Worth, Texas. The conference was hosted by Sid Richardson Carbon...

On May 25, Orion Engineered Carbons announced a price increase for all rubber black grades sold by its Rubber Carbon Black Business Line...

David Shaw of Tire Industry Research called my attention to this article from China Times. The Chinese language article reports that...

Sid Richardson Carbon, the largest carbon black producer in the United States, today announced a price increase for carbon black...

MAKROchem, a carbon black distributor based in Lublin, Poland, is investing $7.5 million on its first distribution center in the United...

This week I’ve been at the Carbon Black China conference in Haikou, Hainan, China, where Notch was honored to present a keynote address...

Kemya, a joint venture between Sabic and ExxonMobil, and Continental Carbon Company have officially announced the start-up of a new...

On March 18, Birla Carbon announced a restructuring plan for its operations in Europe and Africa. The company will shut down its carbon...

On Friday, Cabot Corporation announced that Patrick Prevost would resign as President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 11,...

Yesterday, Orion Engineered Carbons (Luxembourg) announced that effective with shipments beginning April 1st, 2016, Orion will implement...

This week, Omsk Carbon, which is Russia’s largest carbon black producer, announced it expected to begin production at its new carbon...

On Friday, Orion Engineered Carbons announced that its Board of Directors has approved a capital allocation plan that includes the...