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Dow forced to halt work at Chakan

In yet another blow to Dow Chemical's plans for India the company has had to halt work on its new R&D centre at Chakan , near Pune, following instructions from the Maharashtra chief minister. The government's directive was aimed at appeasing the local population which has been strongly protesting...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008
Projects and protests

I am back from my holiday and have discovered no earthshaking developments in the last few weeks. But the following news articles caught my eye. First, Dow Chemical’s European arm and GACL have agreed on a 50:50 joint venture to produce 200,000 tonnes/year of chloromethanes at Dahej, on the west coast...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-23-2008
Protests hit Dow's Chakan R&D centre

It looks like Dow Chemical will not be able to easily forget the Bhopal gas tragedy or rather India will not allow the company to move ahead. The latest is news of protests against Dow’s planned R&D centre at Chakan, near Pune. Led by NGOs, locals blocked access to the site of Dow’s proposed global...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-05-2008

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