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CHINA-NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES-PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240810) -- HARBIN, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 8, 2024 shows an exterior view of the ethylene production area at PetroChina Daqing Petrochemical Company in Daqing, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The petrochemical industry, as a pillar industry of the country's northeastern provinces, has optimized industrial structure in recent years to promote high-quality development. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Tao)

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CHINA-NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES-PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240810) -- CHANGCHUN, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 8, 2024 shows an ethylene plant, which is part of the transformation and upgrading project of PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Company in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. The petrochemical industry, as a pillar industry of the country's northeastern provinces, has optimized industrial structure in recent years to promote high-quality development. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yan Linyun)

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CHINA-NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES-PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240810) -- CHANGCHUN, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 8, 2024 shows an ethylene plant, which is part of the transformation and upgrading project of PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Company in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. The petrochemical industry, as a pillar industry of the country's northeastern provinces, has optimized industrial structure in recent years to promote high-quality development. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yan Linyun)

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CHINA-NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES-PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240810) -- CHANGCHUN, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 8, 2024 shows a construction site of an ethylene plant, which is part of the transformation and upgrading project of PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Company in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. The petrochemical industry, as a pillar industry of the country's northeastern provinces, has optimized industrial structure in recent years to promote high-quality development. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yan Linyun)

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CHINA-NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES-PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240810) -- CHANGCHUN, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 8, 2024 shows a construction site of an ethylene plant, which is part of the transformation and upgrading project of PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Company in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. The petrochemical industry, as a pillar industry of the country's northeastern provinces, has optimized industrial structure in recent years to promote high-quality development. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yan Linyun)

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CHINA-NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES-PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240810) -- CHANGCHUN, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 8, 2024 shows a construction site of an ethylene plant, which is part of the transformation and upgrading project of PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Company in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. The petrochemical industry, as a pillar industry of the country's northeastern provinces, has optimized industrial structure in recent years to promote high-quality development. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yan Linyun)

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Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Yantai

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Panoramic sand table of Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Longkou, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 27, 2024. Yulong Island refinery and Chemical integration project, located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, is the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key construction project, but also the largest single investment scale in Shandong Province in the history of the industrial project, the province's new and old energy conversion landmark project. The project approved total investment of up to 149.3 billion yuan, divided into two phases, the first phase of the project to import crude oil as raw materials, the construction of 20 million tons/year of refining, 3 million tons/year of mixed aromatics, 3 million tons/year of ethylene refining and chemical integration project.

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Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Yantai

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Panoramic sand table of Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Longkou, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 27, 2024. Yulong Island refinery and Chemical integration project, located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, is the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key construction project, but also the largest single investment scale in Shandong Province in the history of the industrial project, the province's new and old energy conversion landmark project. The project approved total investment of up to 149.3 billion yuan, divided into two phases, the first phase of the project to import crude oil as raw materials, the construction of 20 million tons/year of refining, 3 million tons/year of mixed aromatics, 3 million tons/year of ethylene refining and chemical integration project.

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Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Yantai

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Panoramic sand table of Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Longkou, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 27, 2024. Yulong Island refinery and Chemical integration project, located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, is the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key construction project, but also the largest single investment scale in Shandong Province in the history of the industrial project, the province's new and old energy conversion landmark project. The project approved total investment of up to 149.3 billion yuan, divided into two phases, the first phase of the project to import crude oil as raw materials, the construction of 20 million tons/year of refining, 3 million tons/year of mixed aromatics, 3 million tons/year of ethylene refining and chemical integration project.

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Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Yantai

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Panoramic sand table of Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Longkou, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 27, 2024. Yulong Island refinery and Chemical integration project, located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, is the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key construction project, but also the largest single investment scale in Shandong Province in the history of the industrial project, the province's new and old energy conversion landmark project. The project approved total investment of up to 149.3 billion yuan, divided into two phases, the first phase of the project to import crude oil as raw materials, the construction of 20 million tons/year of refining, 3 million tons/year of mixed aromatics, 3 million tons/year of ethylene refining and chemical integration project.

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Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Yantai

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Panoramic sand table of Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Longkou, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 27, 2024. Yulong Island refinery and Chemical integration project, located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, is the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key construction project, but also the largest single investment scale in Shandong Province in the history of the industrial project, the province's new and old energy conversion landmark project. The project approved total investment of up to 149.3 billion yuan, divided into two phases, the first phase of the project to import crude oil as raw materials, the construction of 20 million tons/year of refining, 3 million tons/year of mixed aromatics, 3 million tons/year of ethylene refining and chemical integration project.

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Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Yantai

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Panoramic sand table of Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Longkou, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 27, 2024. Yulong Island refinery and Chemical integration project, located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, is the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key construction project, but also the largest single investment scale in Shandong Province in the history of the industrial project, the province's new and old energy conversion landmark project. The project approved total investment of up to 149.3 billion yuan, divided into two phases, the first phase of the project to import crude oil as raw materials, the construction of 20 million tons/year of refining, 3 million tons/year of mixed aromatics, 3 million tons/year of ethylene refining and chemical integration project.

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Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Yantai

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Panoramic sand table of Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Longkou, Yantai, East China's Shandong province, May 27, 2024. Yulong Island refinery and Chemical integration project, located in Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province, is the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key construction project, but also the largest single investment scale in Shandong Province in the history of the industrial project, the province's new and old energy conversion landmark project. The project approved total investment of up to 149.3 billion yuan, divided into two phases, the first phase of the project to import crude oil as raw materials, the construction of 20 million tons/year of refining, 3 million tons/year of mixed aromatics, 3 million tons/year of ethylene refining and chemical integration project.

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Mega China-Saudi Arabia chemical project kicks off construction

STORY: Mega China-Saudi Arabia chemical project kicks off construction DATELINE: March 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. various of the chemical project STORYLINE: Construction of a major chemical project jointly invested by China and Saudi Arabia started Wednesday in Panjin, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The total investment of the project is 83.7 billion yuan (about 12.2 billion U.S. dollars). Saudi Aramco holds a 30 percent stake, while two Chinese companies have the rest. After being put into operation, the project is expected to become a world-class petrochemical and fine chemical industry base in China. The joint venture Huajin Aramco Petrochemical Company (HAPCO) will be completed in 2025. It's expected to have an annual oil refining capacity of 15 million tonnes, and an annual production capacity of 1.65 million tonnes of ethylene and 2 million tonnes of P-xylene (PX). Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting

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CHINA-TIANJIN-CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (CN)

(230212) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. Tianjin Municipality has announced 673 key construction projects in 2023, with a total investment of 1.53 trillion yuan (about 224.8 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ETHYLENE PROJECT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230210) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. The total investment of the ethylene project, a key project in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), is more than 30 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ETHYLENE PROJECT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230210) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. The total investment of the ethylene project, a key project in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), is more than 30 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ETHYLENE PROJECT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230210) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Constructors work at the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. The total investment of the ethylene project, a key project in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), is more than 30 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ETHYLENE PROJECT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230210) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. The total investment of the ethylene project, a key project in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), is more than 30 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ETHYLENE PROJECT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230210) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A constructor works at the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. The total investment of the ethylene project, a key project in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), is more than 30 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ETHYLENE PROJECT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230210) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. The total investment of the ethylene project, a key project in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), is more than 30 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ETHYLENE PROJECT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(230210) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows the construction site of an ethylene project in north China's Tianjin, Feb. 9, 2023. The total investment of the ethylene project, a key project in the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), is more than 30 billion yuan (about 4.4 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Probe continues on Mitsubishi Chemical's ethylene plant fire

MITO, Japan - Fire investigators inspect the Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 24, two days after a fire gutted a cracking furnace used to refine naphtha and propylene. Four workers died in the blaze, which burned for 12 hours on Dec. 22.

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4th body found after Mitsubishi Chemical plant fire

KAMISU, Japan - Firefighters (C, below) examine a Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 22 after a fire at the plant the previous day. Firefighters have found a fourth body from the debris the same day.

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Mitsubishi Chemical plant in Ibaraki Pref. on fire

KAMISU, Japan - A fire broke out Dec. 21 at an ethylene plant of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, local authorities said.

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Asahi Kasei may seek ethylene business merger with M'bishi Chemical

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Kasei Corp. Shiro Hiruta speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said that the company may seek to integrate its ethylene operations with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.'s in a bid to make the business more efficient. ''If we can do it together, it's worth doing,'' Hiruta said.

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Ship loading operation of large towers for ExxonMobil Huizhou project completed

STORY: Ship loading operation of large towers for ExxonMobil Huizhou project completed DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ship loading operation STORYLINE: The ship loading operation of two large towers for ExxonMobil's complex in Huizhou, southern China's Guangdong Province, was recently completed in north China's Tianjin. Multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil broke ground on its solely-funded chemical complex in Huizhou in April 2020. The complex, with a total investment of about 10 billion U.S. dollars, will be built in two phases. The first phase with a 1.6 million tonne-per-year ethylene cracker and down-stream production equipment is scheduled to be completed by 2023 when construction on the second phase will begin. An annual operating income of 39 billion yuan (5.5 billion U.S. dollars) and 7.3 billion yuan of taxes will be expected when the first phase reaches designed capacity. The two large towers shipp

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Indonesia: child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133

STORY: Indonesia: child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133 DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference and data 2. various of medicine warehouse 3. various of children in schools and hospitals 4. various of pharmacy STORYLINE: Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Friday said the number of children who had died from acute kidney injury rose to 133 from the previously reported 99. Sadikin said the deaths were among a total of 241 cases reported in 22 provinces since January, adding that most patients were children under the age of six. The minister said laboratory tests concluded that there were compounds of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in the children's blood. Authorities have found 102 types of syrup the children were consuming at home, details of which will be announced soon. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Indonesia's food and drug regulatory agency BPOM announced five types of syrups produced by three

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-PETROCHEMICAL FIRM-FIRE (CN)

(220618) -- SHANGHAI, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 18, 2022 shows firefighters working at the fire site at the ethylene glycol plant of the chemical department of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in Jinshan District, east China's Shanghai. One person was killed after the fire broke out at the petrochemical enterprise in Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-PETROCHEMICAL FIRM-FIRE (CN)

(220618) -- SHANGHAI, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters work at the fire site at the ethylene glycol plant of the chemical department of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in Jinshan District, east China's Shanghai, June 18, 2022. One person was killed after the fire broke out at the petrochemical enterprise in Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-PETROCHEMICAL FIRM-FIRE (CN)

(220618) -- SHANGHAI, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 18, 2022 shows the fire site at the ethylene glycol plant area of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai. One person was killed after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said. The fire occurred at 4:28 a.m. at the ethylene glycol plant of the chemical department of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd, located in the city's Jinshan District. A driver of a transport vehicle was found killed and an employee of the company was slightly injured. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-PETROCHEMICAL FIRM-FIRE (CN)

(220618) -- SHANGHAI, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 18, 2022 shows firefighters working at the fire site at the ethylene glycol plant area of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai. One person was killed after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said. The fire occurred at 4:28 a.m. at the ethylene glycol plant of the chemical department of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd, located in the city's Jinshan District. A driver of a transport vehicle was found killed and an employee of the company was slightly injured. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-PETROCHEMICAL FIRM-FIRE (CN)

(220618) -- SHANGHAI, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters work at the fire site at the ethylene glycol plant area of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai, June 18, 2022. One person was killed after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said. The fire occurred at 4:28 a.m. at the ethylene glycol plant of the chemical department of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd, located in the city's Jinshan District. A driver of a transport vehicle was found killed and an employee of the company was slightly injured. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-PETROCHEMICAL FIRM-FIRE (CN)

(220618) -- SHANGHAI, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 18, 2022 shows the fire site at the ethylene glycol plant area of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai. One person was killed after a fire broke out at a petrochemical enterprise in China's Shanghai early on Saturday, the company said. The fire occurred at 4:28 a.m. at the ethylene glycol plant of the chemical department of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd, located in the city's Jinshan District. A driver of a transport vehicle was found killed and an employee of the company was slightly injured. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-PETROCHEMICAL FIRM-FIRE (CN)

(220618) -- SHANGHAI, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fire and smoke is seen at the ethylene glycol plant area of Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai, June 18, 2022. The fire occurred at about 4 a.m. Saturday at the petrochemical enterprise, and the company is racing to deal with the fire. (Xinhua)

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Asahi Kasei may seek ethylene business merger with M'bishi Chemi

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Kasei Corp. Shiro Hiruta speaks in a recent interview with Kyodo News. He said that the company may seek to integrate its ethylene operations with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.'s in a bid to make the business more efficient. ''If we can do it together, it's worth doing,'' Hiruta said. (Kyodo)

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Probe continues on Mitsubishi Chemical's ethylene plant fire

MITO, Japan - Fire investigators inspect the Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 24, two days after a fire gutted a cracking furnace used to refine naphtha and propylene. Four workers died in the blaze, which burned for 12 hours on Dec. 22. (Kyodo)

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4th body found after Mitsubishi Chemical plant fire

KAMISU, Japan - Firefighters (C, below) examine a Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 22 after a fire at the plant the previous day. Firefighters have found a fourth body from the debris the same day. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Chemical plant in Ibaraki Pref. on fire

KAMISU, Japan - A fire broke out Dec. 21 at an ethylene plant of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, local authorities said. (Kyodo)