Following a strategic review, US specialty chemicals company Albemarle is retaining its catalysts division, having decided that the best value is to hold the business as...

British multinational engineering and consulting group Wood has won a contract worth more than $100 million to provide engineering and construction management services to...

Thai-headquartered petrochemicals and polyester giant Indorama Ventures (IVL) and Capchem USA, a subsidiary of China’s Shenzhen Capchem Technology, are reviewing options...

Japan’s Ube has selected an undisclosed location in the US state of Louisiana as the site for a planned dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC)...

Solvay is completely phasing out the use of fluorosurfactants across its global production platforms up to 2026. In its latest step, the Belgian chemical giant said it...

German chemical giant BASF has announced it will build a commercial scale battery recycling black mass plant in at its Schwarzheide, Germany, site, strengthening the...

BASF Shanshan Battery Materials (BSBM), a 51:49 joint venture of the German chemical giant and China’s Hunan Shanshan Energy, is expanding its battery materials capacity...

Repsol has announced plans to invest €105 million to build a plant for ultra-high molecular weight PE (UHMWPE) at its Puertollano complex in Spain. The company said the...

Johnson Matthey has completed the sale of its Health business to US-based private equity firm Altaris Capital Partners for £325 million. As part of the transaction...

Johnson Matthey has agreed to sell parts of its Battery Materials business in two separate transactions, marking a turnaround from its decision in January to close the...