06.06.2014
- As part of a previously the ongoing restructuring of its Care Chemicals segment, BASF plans to cut around 120 jobs worldwide up to 2015. The efficiency scheme, which will hit some...
06.06.2014
- Two workers suffered minor burns, and ethylbenzene was released into the atmosphere following two explosions at the Moerdijk chemical complex in the Netherlands late on June 3...
04.06.2014
- Refining and Petrochemicals - The golden age of refining which peaked in the first decade of this century is over. Now oil refining has become a far more complex operation. Since...
04.06.2014
- In a move designed to take account of the shift to lighter cracker feed, German industrial gases producer Linde is teaming up with BASF to develop and license processes for on...
29.05.2014
- Refining, chemicals and biofuels company Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Wichita, Kansas-based Koch Industries, will take PetroLogistics LP private in a deal worth $2.1...
28.05.2014
- BASF plans to invest a "double digit million euro" sum in a new plant at Ludwigshafen for lubricants based on polyalylene glycol (PAG) and blends. The facility, for which no...
27.05.2014
- Lianheng Isocyanate, the joint venture of BASF and Huntsman and Chinese partners has received permission to double its MDI capacity in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) to...
21.05.2014
- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the body that administers REACH, has opened a public consultation on proposed continued use of the flame retardant chemical...
