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  • I bought the end mills from American Carbide, with TiAln coating, since I figured I might use the bit for both alumin (i) um and other metals.

    Cut-off disk: 1, angle iron: 0 « The Half-Baked Maker 2010

  • And then the other thing that happened was at the same time, those people worked for Union Carbide, which had formed a front company for the government.

    'Yellow Dirt': The Legacy of Navajo Uranium Mines 2010

  • Dow acquired the shares of Union Carbide Corporation more than 16 years after the tragedy and 10 years after the settlement agreement – paid by Union Carbide Corporation and Union Carbide India, Limited – was approved by the Indian Supreme Court.

    Indian athletes threaten to boycott Olympics over Dow sponsorship 2011

  • Growing investments by oil, gas and other energy-producing companies have fueled orders at General Carbide Corp., a maker of tungsten carbide parts and tooling in Greensburg, Pa.

    Where Have America's Jobs Gone? Justin Lahart 2011

  • Dow, which will create the £7m wrap around the Olympic Stadium, has links to Union Carbide Corporation, the firm responsible for the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984 that led to thousands of deaths at the time and which many campaigners believe is still affecting the health of people in the area.

    Indian athletes threaten to boycott Olympics over Dow sponsorship 2011

  • In 1999 Dow bought Union Carbide, another chemicals giant, which had come to public attention 15 years earlier when a dilapidated plant belonging to its Indian subsidiary in Bhopal, a city of 1.7m people in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, exploded and filled the air with gases, principally methyl isocynate, an ingredient of pesticides.

    London must accept legacy remains a matter of life or death in Bhopal | Richard Williams 2011

  • Businesses are responsible not only for specific tragedies like the Union Carbide gas leak at Bhopal in 1984 that killed several thousand immediately and tens of thousands eventually.

    John Feffer: Pinker: Pollyanna of Peace? John Feffer 2012

  • Businesses are responsible not only for specific tragedies like the Union Carbide gas leak at Bhopal in 1984 that killed several thousand immediately and tens of thousands eventually.

    John Feffer: Pinker: Pollyanna of Peace? John Feffer 2012

  • Businesses are responsible not only for specific tragedies like the Union Carbide gas leak at Bhopal in 1984 that killed several thousand immediately and tens of thousands eventually.

    John Feffer: Pinker: Pollyanna of Peace? John Feffer 2012

  • The Indian government is still pursuing a further £1.1bn from Dow for victims after Union Carbide paid £300m as compensation.

    Indian athletes threaten to boycott Olympics over Dow sponsorship 2011

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