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ACCIDENT

Four killed in gas leak at Gujarat Fluorochemicals’ Ø Dimethyl Sulphoxide Ø 2,2,2 Trichloro Acetophenone

Bharuch unit
Ø Dimethyl Sulphide
A gas leak at Gujarat Fluorochemi- Mahidad in one or more tranches. This Ø 3-Methyl Benzyl Chloride
cals Ltd.’s (GFL) Bharuch facility has investment will be used to support
claimed four lives. As per a company IGREL Mahidad’s capital expenditure, Ø Phenothiazine
stock market fi ling, the incident oc- said the company. Ø Pivalic Acid
curred at the CMS-1 plant in Dahej
on December 28, 2024. The deceased GFL said it will also be investing up Ø Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether -CPME
included one company employee and to Rs. 200-crore in Flurry Wind Energy Ø 2,3 Dichloro Toluene
three contractual workers. (FWEPL), a promoter-owned company,
for a 26% stake. Ø P-Chloro Benzotrifluoride
The company said that the plant’s full settlement of statutory dues, insur- Ø 2,4 Dichloro Toluene
operations were temporarily disrupted ance benefi ts, and pending salaries. Ad- “The fund being infused in FWEPL Ø P-Tertiary Butyl Phenol
but added that the incident was imme- ditionally, to support the family of the is to support the capital expenditure
diately detected and contained by their deceased employee, the company is requirements of FWEPL,” said the com- Ø 2,6 Dichloro Toluene
team. However, the four individuals offering employment to one of his depen- pany, adding that FWEPL will gene- Ø Thiophene
in the windward direction had experi- dents and sponsoring their education. rate wind electricity to supply to GFL.
enced adverse health effects. Despite Ø 2,6 Dichloro Benzaldehyde
the company’s efforts, they succumbed Sale of captive power plant to subsi- A power purchase agreement was Ø Thiophene 2 Ethanol
to their complications, the company diary also signed between GFL and IGREL
statement said. In another unrelated development, Mahidad as well as Flurry Wind Energy Ø Aniline Oil
GFL approved the slump sale of a at the rate of Rs. 4 per unit, based on the Ø Fluorobenzene
“We have initiated a thorough study 57-MW captive power plant to wholly- number of units generated. GFL will
to determine the root cause of this inci- owned subsidiary, IGREL Mahidad purchase 107-MW and 350-MW power Ø Benzotrifluoride
dent. Our team is working closely with for a lump sum consideration of from IGREL Mahidad and Flurry Wind Ø M-Chloro Benzyl Chloride
authorities, and we are fully commit- Rs. 200-crore. Energy respectively, and aims to utilise
ted to implementing all corrective and it to meet the requirements of com- Ø O-Chloro Benzyl Chloride Ø 2-Chloro Pyridine
preventive measures to ensure such IGREL Mahidad is into generation, pany’s plants.
an event does not recur,” the company purchase, and T&D (transmission &
said. distribution) of electricity from conven- The company recently raised Ø O-Chloro Benzaldehyde Ø O-Chloro Toluene
tional and non-conventional sources. Rs. 1,000-crore in subsidiary GFCL EV
GFL announced that each affected The board of GFL also approved an at a valuation of Rs. 25,000-crore, in
family would receive an ex-gratia investment of up to Rs. 40-crore by order to meet the capex requirements Ø P-Chloro Benzoyl Chloride Ø P-Chloro Toluene
amount of Rs. 30-lakhs, along with the subscribing equity shares of IGREL for new business.
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Alkyl Amines Chemicals reports fatal incident S. Amit SpeciAlity chemicAlS pvt. ltd.

at Kurkumbh plant A TRUSTED NAME FOR IMPORT OF YOUR CHEMICALS
101 ‘A’ Neelam Centre, 249-B Hind Cycle Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 030.
Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd. has treatment at Surya Burns Hospital, working towards resuming normal ope- Tel.: 022-4001 3000 / 4001 3007 l Fax: 91-22-4001 3030 / 2493 7925
recently informed exchanges about a Pune, the offi cer succumbed to injuries rations as soon as possible.” The compa- Email: info@s-amit.com / manishv@s-amit.com / suri.kv@s-amit.com l Web.: www.s-amit.com
tragic incident at its Derivatives Plant the next morning. ny also stated that the plant’s assets are Hyderabad Office: Tel/Fax 040-40038739
in Kurkumbh, Pune. As per the com- adequately insured. Alkyl Amines sup-
pany, on December 28, 2024, at ap- The company said the incident may plies aliphatic amines, speciality amines,
proximately 6:15 am, a residue tank lead to temporary disruption of opera- and amine derivatives to the pharmaceu-
ruptured, causing severe burn injuries tions at the affected plant, and that it tical, agrochemical, water treatment,
to an attending offi cer. Despite receiving is “actively assessing the damage and rubber chemical, and other industries. S. Amit Group of Companies
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