BASF Expects Major Outages After Fatal Explosion at German Chemical Plant

GALWAY, IRELAND--October 18, 2016--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Many of the facilities at the world's largest chemical complex in Ludwigshafen, Germany remain offline after a fatal explosion on Monday with the prospect of prolonged outages expected.

Within this article: Details of explosion, fires, casualties and outages at chemical plant