Haifa Chemicals closes plant

摘要

Following a failure to secure alternative ammonia storage, and the forced closure of the company's 12,000 tonne ammonia storage tank at Haifa, Haifa Chemicals says that it will be shutting its Haifa Bay plant and firing the 400 workers there. Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the tank must be emptied and shut down by September 18th, exhausting all appeals against the closure. The tank has been a bone of contention for years, with local authorities claiming that the storage tank is a danger to life in the port in the case of accidental or deliberate breach, and withdrawing its operating permit, and with Lebanon-based Hezbollah repeatedly making threats against the facility.