04.05.2017
- Saudi Arabian petrochemicals giant SABIC is evaluating acquisition opportunities in the range of $3.6 billion in petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and fertilizers, according to...
04.05.2017
- China has become the second major trading bloc to conditionally approve the proposed $130 merger of US chemical giants Dow and DuPont. The green light from the Ministry of Commerce...
03.05.2017
- Ineos has promised a full investigation into the cause of a gas leak in the Kinneil Gas plant at its Grangemouth complex in Scotland, on May 2. The leak in a pipeline transporting...
03.05.2017
- Many environmental programs administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as science funding that had been earmarked for elimination or greatly reduced in...
03.05.2017
- Major pharmaceutical producers threaten to lose $26.5 billion in annual sales this year, as 18 branded drugs are due to expire, analysts for investment bank Bernstein said in a...
02.05.2017
- As part of its plans to increase production capacity for styrenic polymers in the Americas, Ineos Styrolution has announced it will build a new 100,000 t/y ASA plant at Bayport...
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...
02.05.2017
- BASF is not interested in bidding for Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals division, expected to carry a price tag of about $10 billion, but will save its cash to buy agrochemicals...
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...
28.04.2017
- German pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer Merck is divesting its Biosimilars business to compatriot firm Fresenius Kabi, a unit of medical technology and healthcare group...
