09.09.2013
- After the rapid slide in India's rupee this year, the message from the country's corporate titans to the government is clear: shape up and fix the problems or more companies will...
09.09.2013
- New Focus - The importance of Indian companies in the global pharmaceutical supply chain is well known and well documented. Large quantities of base chemicals, intermediates...
09.09.2013
- The Next Level - Over the past 20 years, multinational companies have made considerable inroads into the Indian market, but many have failed to realize their potential: Some have...
06.09.2013
- As expected, French petrochemicals group Total has announced plans to close its loss-making steam cracker Carling, in northeastern France, in the second half of 2015. Employees of...
03.09.2013
- In recent years, chemical players have managed their businesses with little clear direction in the light of continuing volatile markets. They aimed to address the key strategic...
02.09.2013
- Brent futures fell more than a dollar to a one-week low below $113 on Monday, with supply disruption worries receding as a military strike against Syria looked less imminent. Fears...
29.08.2013
- China's environment ministry will stop approving some new refining projects and upgrades of existing facilities by the country's top state-owned oil firms after the two failed to...
27.08.2013
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has agreed to form a joint venture with Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate Tasnee to produce masterbatches in the Middle East country...
27.08.2013
- German specialty chemicals producer Evonik said it will "significantly" expand its oil additives production at Jurong Island in Singapore by 2015 through production improvements...
27.08.2013
- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (MPM) has moved management of its polyurethane additives product line from Tarrytown, New York, in the U.S. to Shanghai, China. Tony Lanchak...
