06.06.2011
- LyondellBasell has appointed Tim Roberts has been named senior vice president, Olefins and Polyolefins for the Americas region. He will be based in Houston. Roberts most recently...
03.06.2011
- German chemicals company BASF has won regulatory approval from the European Union for a styrene joint venture with peer INEOS, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The EU's...
03.06.2011
- South Korea's LG Chem will invest 491 billion Korean won ($455 million) to build a polysilicon plant that produces 5,000 tons annually, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
03.06.2011
- Banks are flocking to the $1.95 billion pro rata portion of the financing package for Ashland's acquisition of International Specialty Products, hoping to gain access to one of few...
03.06.2011
- Formosa Petrochemical said it may reschedule maintenance at the largest of its three naphtha crackers to second-half August from early September if some downstream units are shut...
03.06.2011
- Marathon Oil Corp will buy oil and gas properties in Texas' Eagle Ford shale field for $3.5 billion from private equity firm KKR & Co and Hilcorp Resources Holdings LP, the...
01.06.2011
- German car maker Daimler and industrial gases company Linde plans to invest tens of millions of euros in hydrogen fuelling stations in Germany, two people familiar with the matter...
01.06.2011
- German rubber chemicals group Lanxess is in talks to buy Belgian chemicals group Taminco from private equity firm CVC for about €1 billion, the Financial Times Deutschland reported...
01.06.2011
- Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) on Tuesday said it signed a 50/50 joint venture agreement with Mitsubishi Rayon to build and operate two plants in Jubail. "One of the plants...
01.06.2011
- Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) and its unit National Petrochemical (Petrochem) have delayed a planned merger until at least the end of 2011 when a joint venture starts...
