20.05.2019
- Lotte Chemical USA, subsidiary of the Korean petrochemicals group, has started up its $ 3.1 billion chemicals complex at Lake Charles, Louisiana. The investment includes a 1...
15.01.2019
- Lotte BP Chemicals, a joint venture between South Korea’s Lotte and UK energy and chemicals group BP, will expand capacity for acetic acid at Ulsan, South Korea. Investment costs...
07.01.2019
- Lotte Chemical Titan, a subsidiary of the South Korean Lotte group based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has broken ground for its planned 1 million t/y steam cracker and derivatives...
18.09.2017
- Acting on a government request for more domestic investment and job creation, Taiwan’s chemical industry has reportedly pledged to expand large-scale domestic investment projects...
14.07.2017
- South Korean petrochemical producer Lotte has announced it will more than double its polycarbonate production capacity at its Yeosu, Korea, site from 100,000 t/y to 210,000 t/y up...
29.03.2017
- ExxonMobil has emerged as the winner for Singapore-based Jurong Aromatics Corp. (JAC), outbidding Lotte Chemical and Hanwha Total Petrochemicals, according to a report in The Korea...
23.01.2017
- South Korea’s Lotte Chemical is looking to buy Singapore’s Jurong Aromatics Corp. (JAC), according to local media reports. Lotte said in a Jan. 19 filing to the South Korean stock...
06.09.2016
- Hours before he was set to be questioned by the Korean state prosecutor about a corruption affair, Lee In Won, vice chairman of the highly diversified Lotte Group – known for its...