Taiwan's leading conglomerate Formosa Plastics said Friday it won an appeal against strict environmental conditions the government imposed on the building of a $180 million petrochemical plant.

The plant, which is expected to cost about NT$5.4 billion (US$184.36 million), would harness the water discharged from Formosa’s Mailiao power plant to produce between 20,000 tonnes and 105,000 tonnes ...

Taiwan stocks fell 0.22 percent on Wednesday, with Formosa Petrochemical lower after a small fire damaged a power transmission network at the Mailiao complex operated by parent Formosa Plastics Group.

Formosa Petrochemical Corp., Taiwan’s only publicly traded oil refiner, said it’s using 98 percent to 99 percent of capacity at its three ethylene plants.

On Nov. 10, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended the federal permit that allowed Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics to begin construction on a plant in St. James Parish, Louisiana — one of ...

Formosa Smart underscores its ambitions to position Taiwan as a regional battery hub. Chairman Sandy Wang called the facility Taiwan's largest battery cell factory, with plans to scale capacity ...

A company based in Taiwan plans to build a $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex on a 2,400-acre site in Louisiana, officials announced Monday. Gov. John Bel Edwards and Formosa ...

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TAIPEI, May 13 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at the No.6 naphtha cracker at Formosa Petrochemical Corp's Mailiao plant in central Taiwan late on Thursday, the company said. No further details were ...

POINT COMFORT - Christina Lin painted the flag of Taiwan on her right cheek Sunday. A worker at Formosa Plastics' plant here, Lin, who was born in Taiwan and immigrated to the United States, wore ...