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BASF Invests In China Mining Chemicals

by Jean-François Tremblay
October 31, 2011 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 89, Issue 44

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Credit: BASF
Polyurethane can be injected into fractured rock to prevent water and gas accumulation in tunnels.
Chemicals can be injected into fractured rock to avoid water or gas accumulation in tunnels.
Credit: BASF
Polyurethane can be injected into fractured rock to prevent water and gas accumulation in tunnels.

BASF has acquired a 75% stake in China’s Ji’Ning Hock Mining & Engineering Equipment Co. Hock supplies polyurethanes and other chemicals to coal-mining operations in China. They are used in chemical injection and cavity filling in the mining industry to prevent water and gas accumulation and to stabilize cavities. Hock recorded sales of $70 million last year.

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