SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co. said Wednesday that it has completed a 530 billion won project to boost production capacity of polypropylene and ethylene in South Korea. The company invested 380 billion won (US$337 million) in building a new polypropylene line with an annual capacity of 400,000 tons at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co., a major petrochemical producer in South Korea, said Monday it had launched a companywide campaign to overcome the so-called ‘corona blues’ in the midst of a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, the company recently held an in-house idea competition in which about [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co., a major petrochemical producer in South Korea, said Tuesday it has completed an expansion of its ethylene and propylene production facilities. Hanwha Total said its Naphtha Cracking Center (NCC) Side Gas Cracker at its plant in South Chungcheong Province has started commercial operations. Hanwha Total [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Massive oil mist leaks from a factory of Hanwha Total Petrochemical in central South Korea in May were caused by the company’s failure to abide by safety procedures and a walkout of skilled employees, a joint government-private investigation team said Friday. The announcement came after two oil mist leaks [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Total Petrochemical is under investigation for its delayed report of a massive oil mist leak at its chemical factory in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, last week, provincial officials said Monday. The oil mist leak occurred at the company’s Daesan petrochemical complex in Seosan, 150 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]