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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$6.3B
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Union Carbide Corporation is a chemical and polymers company with over 3,800 employees. The company possesses some of the industry's most advanced process and catalyst technologies, and operates some of the most cost-efficient, large-scale production facilities in the world. Union Carbide primarily produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers before reaching consumers. Some of these materials are high-volume commodities, while others are specialty products meeting the needs of smaller market niches. The end-uses served include paints and coatings, packaging, wire and cable, household products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, textiles, agriculture and oil and gas. The hallmark of Union Carbide's leadership in the chemical industry is a sustained tradition of technological innovation. In 1920 our researchers developed an economical way to make ethylene from natural gas, giving birth to the modern petrochemicals industry. A significant day in Union Carbidea s recent history was August 4, 1999, when it was announced that Union Carbide would become a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (a TDCCa ?) as part of a transaction valued at $11.6 billion. This transaction closed on February 6, 2001. Since Union Carbidea s acquisition by TDCC, Union Carbide sells most of the products it manufactures to TDCC and is an important part of the Dow family of companies. ...
Number of Employees 374
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NAICS Code Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing: 325211
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Spirit Exploration, Inc. Reports the Union Carbide Findings of 6,300,000 Tons of Measured and Indicated Ore Reserves at the Emerson Tungsten Mine in Nevada
- 2008-03-06
On February 20, 2008 Spirit Exploration, Inc. (PINK SHEETS: SPXP) announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the Emerson Tungsten Mine near Rachel, Nevada from Nevada Minerals, Inc. As part of the due diligence process, Spirit has reviewed all the old reports and findings from Union Carbide, the...
Spirit Exploration, Inc. Reports the Union Carbide Findings of 6,300,000 Tons of Measured and Indicated Ore Reserves at the Emerson Tungsten Mine in Nevada.
- 2008-03-06
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, Mar 6, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- On February 20, 2008 Spirit Exploration, Inc. (PINK SHEETS:SPXP) announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the Emerson Tungsten Mine near Rachel, Nevada from Nevada Minerals, Inc. As part of the due diligence process, Spirit...
Spirit Exploration, Inc. Diversifies Its Mining Operations by Signing Acquisition Agreement to Purchase the Emerson Tungsten Mine in Nevada
- 2008-02-22
Spirit Exploration, Inc. (PINK SHEETS: SPXP) is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement to purchase the Emerson Tungsten Mine near Rachel, Nevada from Nevada Minerals, Inc. This acquisition supports Spirit's strategic direction to broaden their product base and derive production from multiple countries. Thomas Cunningham, President of Spirit,...
Spirit Exploration, Inc. Diversifies Its Mining Operations by Signing Acquisition Agreement to Purchase the Emerson Tungsten Mine in Nevada.
- 2008-02-22
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, Feb 22, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Spirit Exploration, Inc. (PINK SHEETS:SPXP) is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement to purchase the Emerson Tungsten Mine near Rachel, Nevada from Nevada Minerals, Inc. This acquisition supports Spirit's strategic direction to broaden their product...
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- 2008-01-28
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The blood of Bhopal
- 2008-01-01
RELEVANT RIGHTS: Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that 'Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.' Article 8 states 'Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him [sic] by...
1984 MONDAY 3 DECEMBER
- 2007-12-03
Thousands die at Bhopal In one of the world's worst industrial accidents, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from the Union Carbide chemical factory in Bhopal, India. At least 3,800 people died in the days following
WVU Assumes Ownership of South Charleston Tech Campus
- 2007-08-24
A section of the Union Carbide Corp. Technology Park in South Charleston now belongs to West Virginia University.This week, Union Carbide, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., signed over more than 58 acres of the technology park and several buildings and laboratories to the state's largest university to...
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