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PLANTS AND PROJECTS
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Chemical Engineering Progress
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June 1, 2008
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OxyChem Eliminates Mercury From Caustic Potash Production
Taft, LA-based Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem; www.oxy.com/ oxychem/chemicals.htm), the nation's largest manufacturer of chlorine and caustic soda, has become the only mercury-free producer of caustic potash in North America. With recent Taft plant conversions, and the shutdown of OxyChem's Muscle Shoals, AL, chloralkali plant, OxyChem has ceased all mercury-cell-based production in North America. The Taft chlor-alkali plant conversion allows OxyChem to produce potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) using membrane cell technology - the safest and most advanced mercury-free method of production. OxyChem had previously converted its ...