Jim Ratcliffe halts production at Hull chemical plants over ‘ridiculous’ gas prices

Billionaire owner of Ineos says company ‘cannot compete’ with global market despite efficiency of Humberside sites Billionaire industrialist Sir Jim Ratcliffe is pausing production at three chemical plants in Hull, blaming the UK’s “ridiculously…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published4 h ago (Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:18:13 GMT)
RetrievedTue, 22 Sep 2026 18:01:13 GMT via rss
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AuthorJillian Ambrose Energy correspondent