09.12.2009
- Fareast Rosneft, Russia's largest oil producer, is considering plans to build a large petrochemical refinery on the country's Pacific coast that would be fed by crude from East...
09.12.2009
- South Korea's LG Chem may take part in building a petrochemical plant in oil-rich Kazakhstan and Korean banks may lend up to $1.5 billion to finance the project, a Kazakh official...
09.12.2009
- BASF said it was reconsidering the timing of a new major chemical plant in south western China, as the ongoing global economic crisis limited demand. In 2006, the world's largest...
09.12.2009
- Abu Dhabi petrochemical company Chemaweyaat has awarded the front-end engineering contract for an integrated chemical production facility to Neste Jacobs, the state news agency WAM...
09.12.2009
- France's Sanofi-Aventis is spending €350 million to build a site to produce a potential blockbuster dengue vaccine that is still in development. The high-technology site should be...
09.12.2009
- Swiss drugs industry supplier Lonza Group said it was building a new facility in Singapore to expand its cell therapy business. Lonza said that the total investment for the first...
09.12.2009
- BASF is building a new plant for the production of methylamines at its integrated Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, that is scheduled to start operations in 2011. The...
09.12.2009
- Dow Chemical posted a surprise Q1 profit, helped by cost reductions, gains in its agricultural segment and lower raw material costs. The company said it had cut spending by $270...
09.12.2009
- In a weak economic environment, group revenue for the Q1 2009 was €2,997 million, down -3.0 %. Gas & Services sales reached €2,548 million, down -4.2 % on a comparable basis...
09.12.2009
- Arch Chemicals posted a surprise quarterly profit as higher pricing and the favorable impact of a recent acquisition offset lower volumes and unfavorable foreign exchange. Net...
