07.06.2017
- Another deadly explosion has rocked a petrochemical plant in China, this time in the eastern province of Shandong, killing 10 people. The incident occurred in the early hours of...
07.06.2017
- Germany’s Bayer group has announced it will further reduce its stake in its former Bayer MaterialScience engineering plastics subgroup, which currently trades as Covestro. The...
06.06.2017
- India-based engineering contractor Nuberg has received the nod from Egyptian Petrochemicals Company (EPC) to build a 228,000 t/d turnkey plant for caustic soda and chlorine in...
06.06.2017
- German engineering plastics producers Covestro has announced that its chief executive officer, Patrick Thomas, will assume the position of acting chief financial officer until a...
23.05.2017
- At its plenary session last week, the European Parliament formally objected to plans by the EU Commission to authorize imports of products made from genetically modified maize and...
23.05.2017
- Shortly after acquiring US flame retardant specialist Chemtura, in April, Lanxess has announced it will expand capacity of the Emerald Innovation 3000 flame retardant production...
19.05.2017
- Shareholders of oil and petrochemical group Shell attending the annual general meeting in The Hague on May 23 are due to vote on a new plan to link 10% of executives' bonus pay to...
19.05.2017
- The board of Brazilian competition authority Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved the planned $130 million merger of US chemical giants Dow Chemical and...
