From: December 08, 2020
Belle Chemical Company operations shut down due to Chemours site incident
On Dec. 8, 2020 at approximately 10 p.m., there was an incident at the Chemours site located in Belle, West Virginia, which is where the Belle Chemical Company facility is located. The incident was not related to Belle Chemical Company operations. The investigation of the cause of the incident is ongoing.
All Belle Chemical Company employees have been accounted for and safely evacuated from the premises. All Belle Chemical Company units have been shut down. We are actively monitoring the situation.
Our focus at this time is the safety of our employees and others who are employed on the site, the community members and our first responders.