04.07.2014
- Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical, plans to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into...
04.07.2014
- Japan's Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) and Saudi petrochemical giant Sabic have announced a start-up date of mid-2017 for their MMA and PMMA plants at Al Jubail / Saudi Arabia. Initial...
04.07.2014
- Scotland, heading for a September 2014 independence referendum, could hold enough shale gas resources to cover UK gas needs for more than 30 years, a new geological report...
04.07.2014
- Bayer HealthCare said it plans to keep consumer brands such as Dr. Scholl's and Coppertone it picked up in its $14 billion buy of US Merck's non-prescription drugs business in May...
03.07.2014
- With effect from July 1, German chemical and pharmaceutical producer Merck KGaA acquired all of the capital of its long-standing cooperation partner, Dutch start-up Peer+ for an...
03.07.2014
- Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) has received approval from its board of directors and obtained an environmental permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)...
03.07.2014
- South Korea's LG Chem has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a factory for electric vehicle batteries in China by 2015, betting on growing demand in the world's top car...
03.07.2014
- Swiss-based Roche Holding AG plans to pay up to $1.73 billion to buy Seragon Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held US biotech company that researches breast cancer treatments. Roche...
02.07.2014
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has confirmed the existence of an intimate video recording of its former China head, Mark Reilly, which the London-based Sunday Times reported kicked off a...
02.07.2014
- Bayer CropScience plans to invest $29.6 million in the expansion of its North American and global Seeds headquarters in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. The new...
