29.01.2019
- Celanese is proposing to build an 800,000 t/y acetic acid plant at its Clear Lake site in Pasadena, Texas, USA. The facility, which would cost around $425 million, would be...
29.01.2019
- Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will license its continuous initiator dosing (CiD) technology to Karpatnaftochim, Ukraine’s largest PVC producer. The Dutch group...
29.01.2019
- DuPont Industrial Biosciences has broken ground on its new multidisciplinary facility in the Leiden Bio Science Park at Oegstgeest, the Netherlands. With its new project, the Dow...
28.01.2019
- With permits from local authorities in England now in hand, olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos looks poised to start onshore shale gas exploration, though facing opposition from...
28.01.2019
- US specialty chemicals company Ashland has reached agreement with hedge fund Cruiser Capital, ending a proxy battle. The New York-based investment fund has been pushing Ashland’s...
28.01.2019
- French industrial gases group Air Liquide has paid $20.5 million to buy an 18.6% stake in Hydrogenics, a Canadian manufacturer of electrolysis hydrogen production equipment and...
25.01.2019
- India’s Nayara Energy, owned 49.13% by Russian oil giant Rosneft, is planning to invest $850 million to expand its Vadinar refinery in Gujarat and build a petrochemical complex. A...
25.01.2019
- Azelis has agreed to buy Euroconsultant, a Polish distributor of flavors, shelf-life extenders and other products for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to complete...
25.01.2019
- Celanese has signed a definitive agreement to buy Linde’s syngas plant in Pasadena, Texas, USA. Financial terms of the transaction, which remains subject to the usual closing...
