28.11.2016
- As a spate of autumn accidents at chemical plants continues, ExxonMobil’s oil refinery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was hit last week by a major fire. Four workers – at least two of...
25.11.2016
- Dutch distributor Barentz has taken a majority stake in Globe Ingredients, an international trader and distributor of feed, food and pharmaceutical ingredients. The deal...
25.11.2016
- Problems with its new EUR 1 billion TDI complex at Ludwigshafen, Germany, continue to plague BASF. On Nov. 23, the world’s largest chemical producer said the facility with...
24.11.2016
- Supporters and opponents of fracking in Scotland continue to be divided as to the merits of shale gas exploration, but more than half of those responding to a poll taken after...
24.11.2016
- As it prepares to merge with compatriot Dow Chemical, US chemical giant DuPont has announced it will eliminate its pension contribution for active employees. In a filing with the...
23.11.2016
- Two former private investigators, the British-Chinese husband and wife team of Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, have filed suit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a US district court...
23.11.2016
- Evonik Resource Efficiency, an offshoot of Essen-based chemical producer Evonik, has announced it will expand capacity of its Rohacell brand foam production facility at Darmstadt...
22.11.2016
- A find in western Texas of what is being billed as the largest-ever shale oil and gas reserves at a single site – possibly worth as much as $900 billion in revenue – is exciting...
