31.08.2017
- Three weeks after announcing it would cut 350 jobs at two plants in Israel, generics producer Teva has trimmed the number back to 285. The company said it will only eliminate 65...
29.08.2017
- Along the US Gulf Coast, oil and petrochemical producers in Texas were struggling to mop up and assess possible damage to their facilities on Aug. 29 after high winds and...
28.08.2017
- Delivery of chemical products by rail from north to south through Germany is currently being hampered by the closure of the Rhine Valley Railway line, and this is creating supply...
31.07.2017
- The proposed US tightening of economic sanctions against Russia is making waves not only at home but also in Europe. A bill passed by the House of Representatives last week, which...
25.07.2017
- Air Products has signed a long-term agreement to build, own and operate a new steam methane reformer (SMR) and cold box for Huntsman in Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The facility will...
25.07.2017
- LyondellBasell is pressing ahead with plans to build a new plant to produce propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) in the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Billed as...
16.07.2017
- The Navigator Aurora, a 35,000 cbm vessel owned by New York, USA-based Navigator Gas and chartered by European polyolefins producer Borealis under a long-term contract, was due to...
11.07.2017
- As part of the first phase of a project to upgrade its refining and chemicals platform in Antwerp, Belgium, French energy and petrochemicals group Total has started up a new...
30.06.2017
- Odfjell has signed a term sheet with US-based Chemical Transportation Group (CTG) under which the Norwegian shipping group will acquire the last five of CTG’s total newbuilding...
28.04.2017
- German specialty chemicals producer Lanxess will invest EUR 25m in its Lillo complex in Antwerp, Belgium’s harbor during 2017. The company said most of the money will be spent on...
