Joint Venture planning carbon black plant in Turkey

Turkish newspaper Sabah is reporting that Turkey’s largest occupational pension fund, OYAK, and the world’s sixth-largest carbon black manufacturer, Taiwanese company International CSRC Investment Holdings Co. Ltd., have started to work on establishing a carbon black production facility in İskenderun, Hatay Province, Turkey. The plant will have 220,000 tons of annual capacity. The plant will be equipped with advanced environmental systems as well as energy recovery. No completion date was announced. Here is the Reuters notice on the project.