26.03.2018
- Borealis has signed an agreement with United Chemical Company (UCC) to develop an ethylene/PE complex in Kazakhstan. The project will comprise an ethane cracker and two PE plants...
25.03.2018
- ExxonMobil has outlined an aggressive growth strategy to more than double earnings and cash from operations by 2025. The program includes steps to increase earnings to $31 billion...
23.03.2018
- US films producer MonoSol, a division of Japanese chemicals company Kuraray, is investing $72 million to build an additional manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana...
23.03.2018
- The European Commission has issued a statement of objections to Tronox regarding its proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of Cristal’s titanium dioxide (TiO2) business. Tronox is...
22.03.2018
- US specialty chemicals company Ashland is exploring strategic alternatives for its composites business as well as its butanediol (BDO) production plant in Marl, Germany, and the...
21.03.2018
- Canadian engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin, in consortium with TechnipFMC, has won a contract to supply two gas cracking furnaces to Nova Chemicals. Kevin Dell, senior...
21.03.2018
- Danish drugmaker Lundbeck has announced plans to buy Swiss drug developer Prexton Therapeutics in a deal worth up to €905 million. The deal would give Lundbeck global rights to...
21.03.2018
- US-based Celanese has announced it is giving up on plans to merge its acetate tow business with Blackstone’s after European regulators demanded what it termed “excessive”...