SAVANNAH, GA. — Federal officials said Friday that Imperial Sugar Co. should face fines of more than $8.7 million for violations at two plants, including a Georgia facility where an explosion ...

Imperial celebrates reopening of sugar refinery Shut down since early 2008, when an explosion and fire killed 14 workers, the plant is expected to be back to full capacity this month.

In 1998, an Imperial Sugar employee suffered severe burns from a dust explosion inside the powdered sugar mill of its refinery in Sugar Land, Texas - the company's headquarters.

Imperial Sugar Co.'s lapses likely led to the deaths of 14 people last year at its Port Wentworth refinery, a federal watchdog panel has concluded. Imperial Sugar Co.'s lapses likely led to the… ...

United States Sugar Corp., a Clewiston, Fla., company that markets sugar cooperatively with Red River Valley sugarbeet growers, is purchasing Imperial Sugar Co., including a major refinery in the ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas -- The company that gave this Houston suburb its sweet name has shut down its 77-year-old processing plant, marking the end of sugar refining in Sugar Land. The Imperial Sugar ...

Attorneys say by acquiring Imperial’s retail brands, it will be able to offer products it currently can’t make at its Florida refinery, including brown and powdered sugar, and various sizes of ...

The Imperial Sugar refinery complex has been gently rotting in the heart of Sugar Land, but a formal purchase of the land and building by the city government promises a chance at new life for the ...

PSA: Powdered Sugar Is Flammable. Impact. By Kate Bratskeir. June 1, 2016. ... In 2008, 14 people died from an explosion at the Imperial Sugar plant in Georgia, Reuters reported.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Federal officials said Friday that Imperial Sugar Co. should face fines of more than $8.7 million for violations at two plants, including a Georgia facility where an ...