Security guards stand outside LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam, India, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/R Narendra
SEOUL (Reuters) - The share price of South Korean chemicals and battery maker LG Chem Ltd dropped almost 2% on Thursday after a gas leak at a factory operated by a unit in India killed at least nine people, and led to hundreds more being treated in hospital.
The leak was brought under control after being discovered by a maintenance worker on the night shift at the LG Polymers plant, outside the east coast city of Visakhapatnam, in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state, according to a company spokesman.
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