25.07.2017
- LyondellBasell is pressing ahead with plans to build a new plant to produce propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) in the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Billed as...
25.07.2017
- Ineos Shale has verbally ramped up its fight with the UK’s National Trust, the charity that runs the historic Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, where the company wants to conduct...
24.07.2017
- ExxonMobil is contesting a $2 million fine from the US Treasury Department for violating sanctions against doing business with Russia. The discussion revolves around a deal made...
24.07.2017
- Citing health reasons, Ton Büchner stepped down as CEO of Akzo Nobel with immediate effect on Jul. 19. The 52-year-old executive, who took a leave of absence due to exhaustion...
21.07.2017
- BASF has started up a 60,000 t/y plant for its general purpose PVC plasticizer DOTP (dioctyl terephthalate), branded as Palatinol, at Pasadena, Texas. The German chemical giant...
21.07.2017
- Buoyed by sales growth and good capacity utilization rates in the first half of 2017, Germany’s chemical producers expect the good business climate to continue for the rest of the...
20.07.2017
- The US state of Tennessee has become the fourth to place restrictions on the use of Monsanto’s dicamba, due to damages the herbicide is said to cause to crops not genetically...
20.07.2017
- The European Commission has approved Ineos’ acquisition of BP’s North Sea pipelines for up to $250 million. The deal includes the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) that links 85 oil...
