18.02.2015
- Arkema has extended until January 2016 its call option to increase its share in Sunke, the acrylics joint venture with Jurong Chemical in China. Exercising the option would give...
13.02.2015
- Three people were injured in an explosion at chemical distributor Simar at Igualada, near Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 12. Due to the blast, thousands of people were forced to stay...
08.09.2014
- Peter Greven, a producer of oleochemical additives with sites in Germany, the Netherlands and Malaysia, has finalized its acquisition of the paper deinking chemicals business of...
29.07.2014
- French chemical producer Arkema has started up a 45,000 t/y plant for MMA at its Clear Lake, Texas site. The company said the new production unit represents the last phase of a...
27.01.2014
- Arkema and China's leading acrylic acid producer Jurong Chemical have formed a joint venture, Sunke, in which Arkema will have the undisclosed majority stake. The new company will...
02.01.2014
- Oil and gas multinational BP has signed deals on tight gas projects worth $16 billion in Oman as well as a non-binding agreement to develop a 1 million t/y acetic acid plant at...
30.12.2013
- In cooperation with First Energy Bank of Bahrain, Borealis has acquired 20.3% of the shares of Bulgaria's Neochim, a fertilizer producer listed on the Sofia stock exchange...
05.11.2013
- Plans for a merger between Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) and Sahara Petrochemical are at an advanced stage, the two Saudi Arabian chemical producers said...
