Since then, the company has paused operation of the plant, which uses benzene to make styrene. And on May 1, the Environment Ministry suspended the site’s environmental compliance approval until ...

Benzene is used to make styrene monomer, which is then polymerized into PS. PS prices had been up 9 cents in June and now are up a total of 52 cents since February. But a turnaround could be right ...

Recent evidence points to environmental pollution, specifically exposure to hazardous chemicals like styrene and ethylbenzene, as a contributing factor. Found in plastics, synthetic rubbers ...

“AmSty is a large merchant buyer of both ethylene and benzene with a diversified domestic and global supply network,” says John Medico, AmSty’s vice president of feedstocks, styrene and supply chain. ...

Ineos Styrolution says it won’t restart its Sarnia styrene monomer production site, at the centre of recent concerns over benzene emissions, before its planned closing next year. The Sarnia ...

Recent evidence points to environmental pollution, specifically exposure to hazardous chemicals like styrene and ethylbenzene, as a contributing factor for the disease. Found in plastics ...

The First Nation says the removal was expected to result in some increased benzene levels until Saturday and monitors were set up around the community to keep tabs on emissions. The styrene ...

Styrene is made from benzene, a petrochemical extracted mainly from crude oil. The plant has a long history of exceeding provincial limits for benzene pollution, which is a known carcinogen.