Huntsman Corporation, on March 18, 2011, was ordered to pay AUD68,000 for alleged environmental breaches at its Products business’ surfactants manufacturing facility located in New South Wales, Australia.
During the period from 2007 through 2009, the Performance Products business’ surfactants manufacturing…
Huntsman Corporation says that, as of June 30, 2011, it had restructuring accruals of US$7 million and environmental remediation accruals of US$37 million for its styrenics facility located at West Footscray, Australia.
On Sept. 8, 2009, the Company announced the closure…
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia’s (WALHI) March 2008 appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court is still pending regarding an Indonesian Court’s ruling that WALHI’s claims against Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary on allegations of pollution in Buyat Bay were without merit.
WALHI, an…
Sasol Limited’s environmental obligation accrued at June 30, 2008, was ZAR3.460 billion (about US$383 million), compared to ZAR3.355 billion (about US$371 million) in 2007.
The 2008 accrued amount includes about ZAR1.692 billion for costs of remediation of soil and groundwater…
BHP Billiton Limited disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2008, certain environmental-related fines imposed against five of the Company’s businesses during the fiscal year 2008.
In November 2007, the Company’s aluminium business in…
BHP Billiton Limited is still facing litigation regarding environmental matters at Ok Tedi Mining Ltd.’s mine in Papua New Guinea.
Seven individual plaintiffs, representing the members of seven clans from the vicinity of the Ok Tedi mine, has filed the proceedings…
BHP Billiton Limited, as of June 30, 2008, has provided US$125 million for its anticipated share of the planned remediation work of groundwater contamination at a site in Arizona, based on a range reasonably foreseeable up to US$170 million, and…
Huntsman International LLC continues to face the Australian (Victorian) Environmental Protection Agency’s cleanup notice, as revised in September 2007, in connection with its facility in West Footscray, Australia.
By letter dated March 7, 2006, the Company’s Base Chemicals and Polymers facility…