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{{short description|Chemical industrial complex in
The '''Leuna works''' ({{lang-de|Leunawerke}}) in [[Leuna]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]], is one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.infraleuna.de/en/leuna-site/the-area/ | title = The area | publisher = Infra Leuna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://benchmarkia.com/industrial-parks-for-subscribers/|title=Industrial Park Ranking|publisher = Benchmarkia: Crowd-Based Sustainability Benchmarking|access-date=2024-07-12 }}</ref> The site, now owned jointly by companies such as [[TotalEnergies]], [[BASF]], [[Linde plc]], and [[DOMO Group]], covers 13 km<sup>2</sup> and produces a very wide range of chemicals and plastics.
[[File:Bundesarchiv DH 2 Bild-F-01930, Leuna-Werke, Destillationsanlagen.jpg|thumb|Leuna-Werke, Destillationsanlagen]]
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After German reunification in 1990, the Leuna works were divided into several smaller units that were sold to several companies, among them [[Total S.A.]], [[BASF]], [[The Linde Group|Linde AG]], and Belgian [[DOMO Group]]. Common utilities for the companies are provided by InfraLeuna.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.infraleuna.de/en/companies-on-site/producers/ | title = Companies on-site | publisher = Infra Leuna GmbH | accessdate = 12 January 2017}}</ref> With the closure of unprofitable plants and general modernization, the number of employees was reduced significantly from 28000 (1978) to 9000 in 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.mz-web.de/merseburg/entwicklung-in-leuna-aus-schock-wird-stolz-auf-den-industriepark-3330754 | title = Entwicklung in Leuna. Aus Schock wird Stolz auf den Industriepark | date = 17 September 2014 | newspaper = Mitteldeutsche Zeitung | author = Dirk Skrzypczak | language = de}}</ref> QUINN Chemicals invested in a plant to manufacture [[methyl methacrylate]] (MMA) but construction has halted as of January 2009 due to heavy cost overruns.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/quinn-mothballs-150m-plant-26508432.html | title = Quinn Mothballs €150 million Plant | date = 25 January 2009 | newspaper = Irish Independent | author = Shane Ross}}</ref>
[[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)|Chancellor]] [[Helmut Kohl]] mediated the transfer of the Leuna oil refinery to French company [[Elf Aquitaine]] (who later became part of Total) in 1990/1991. Dubious transactions at that time led to the so-called Leuna affair and criminal proceedings against manager [[Alfred Sirven]]. In 1997, the new refinery MIDER (''Mitteldeutsche Erdoel-Raffinerie''), now TRM (''
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