02.05.2017
- Chinese petrochemical producer Mingyuan Holdings has announced plans to build a $2.3 billion methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plant alongside a giant greenfield methanol complex at the...
21.04.2017
- Following the conclusion of a feedstock supply agreement in May 2016, Saudi companies Maydan Industry for Industrial Development & Investments, Ahmed Kassim Al-Amoudi Group and...
18.04.2017
- South Korean specialty chemicals manufacturer Songwon recently opened a new Technology Innovation Center at its Maeam site. The company said the 32,000 m² Korean facility, designed...
31.03.2017
- UK energy giant BP will invest more than $25 million over two years in a consortium that will build and operate a wood elements acetylation plant in Hull, UK. The new company...
28.03.2017
- Air Products has abandoned its proposed bid for Yingde Gases, China’s largest industrial gases producer, leaving the door open for a rival offer to be accepted from private equity...
27.03.2017
- US plastics compounder and distributor A. Schulman has announced it will increase production capacity for color masterbatches in Europe in order to meet growing market demand...
16.03.2017
- The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for risk assessment, RAC, has cleared the chemical compound glyphosate – the active ingredient in herbicides such as Monsanto’s...
22.02.2017
- Sadara Chemical Company, a 50:50 joint venture of Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical, has signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi National Automobiles Manufacturing Company (SNAM)...
17.02.2017
- UK charity National Trust is standing firm against allowing seismic surveying – a prerequisite for shale gas exploration – at its historic Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, despite...
