Concarb to Restart Idle Unit at Phenix

Amidst a period of extreme tightness in the North American carbon black market, Continental Carbon plans to restart an idled tread unit at its Phenix City, Alabama carbon black plant. The move will bring about 45 KT of tread capacity back on-stream, which had been idled last year during the downturn. The unit should be running by the end of May. Concarb’s other two carbon black plants (in Ponca City, Oklahoma and Sunray, Texas) have all units running.