Ineos gets £230m UK loan guarantee to build shale gas facility at Grangemouth

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Company says pledge allows it to invest in terminal to import, store and process ethane from US shale gas

The owners of the petrochemicals plant in Grangemouth, whose future was in doubt last year, have won a £230m loan guarantee from the UK government to build a new facility to import shale gas. Ineos...

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