Olin and Mitsui announces that BWA joint venture received regulatory approvals

Olin Corporation and Mitsui & Co., announced that Blue Water Alliance JV, has received all necessary regulatory approvals and it is beginning operations. Announced in March 2022, Blue Water Alliance, or BWA, is a joint venture of Olin and Mitsui. BWA brings together Mitsui’s industry-leading global logistics, long-established supplier and customer relationships, and breadth of product portfolio with Olin’s scale, North American export capability, extensive global terminal network, and production flexibility across the electrochemical unit, or ECU, portfolio. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, BWA is an independent global trader of ECU-based derivatives, initially focused on globally traded caustic soda and ethylene dichloride (EDC).