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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new regulations that mandate greenhouse gas reporting in the U.S. carbon black...

From R&P News comes word that Goodyear is ramping up production at its Danville, Virginia tire plant by bringing back laid-off employees...

From the Economic Times, Deven Choksey, MD, an analyst with KR Choksey Securities, discusses his buy recommendation on Phillips Carbon...

On July 12, Evonik Industries issued a press release with more details of its spin-off of its carbon black activities into a separate...

On June 25, 2010, Evonik Industries issued a release announcing that it was establishing a separate legal entity to conduct its carbon...

A researcher in Iran has found using nanosilicate as a reinforcement in tire rubber can reduce tire weight, but the process has...

Continental Carbon Company Commits to Long-Term Energy Recovery Projects with Steam Sales Agreement to Valero Energy HOUSTON, Texas (June...

Today in tire recycling news: a company called Plateau Mineral Development, Inc. announced that it, in conjunction with Environmental...

On June 21, Evonik announced a restructuring of its carbon black business that will include shutting down its plant in Botlek,...

Evonik Industries issued a press release today announcing a price increase for rubber grade carbon blacks in Europe and neighboring...

A spokesperson for Himadri Chemicals & Industries has provided the following statement regarding the incident that occurred at its...

Earlier this week, Himadri Chemicals’ Haripal plant in Hooghly District, India experienced a problem with a burner that led to unplanned...

Cabot has announced plans to increase its capacity at the PT Cabot Indonesia subsidiary in Indonesia. The company will increase capacity...

On May 31, OCI announced plans to build a new carbon black plant in Gunsan, South Korea, where the company already operates a polysilicon...

The last few weeks brought two carbon black price increases driven by higher costs. On May 21, Columbian Chemicals Co. announced that it...

The Dusit Thani hotel, site of the Carbon Black 2009: Perspectives in Asia Pacific conference in November 2009, was the site of a grenade...

Over the last month, and particularly over the last two weeks, the North American carbon black market suddenly grew quite tight, a...

Amidst a period of extreme tightness in the North American carbon black market, Continental Carbon plans to restart an idled tread unit...

On May 6, Sid Richardson announced a price increase for carbon black, the details of which are provided in the following press release,...

I have just returned home from the Carbon Black China 2010 conference held in Chongqing, China on April 18-21. This is a very well...