15.01.2018
- US infrastructure group Arcanum is planning to add additional butene-1 plants to its flagship Raven facility, which is under construction in Baytown, Texas. Raven is being...
15.01.2018
- AkzoNobel is negotiating with three or four potential buyers of its Specialty Chemicals division, according to media reports. Last month, shareholders approved the proposed...
15.01.2018
- Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur is expanding PTA capacity at the site of its PET subsidiary Polief in Blagoveschensk. The project, which is aimed at improving the site’s...
15.01.2018
- The European Parliament’s Environment, Food and Public Health committee (ENVI) by a vote of 42 to 17 (with one abstention) has rejected a proposal for a full ban on the use of...
12.01.2018
- Turkish company Kordsa, a tire cord specialist, broke ground last month on its polyester expansion project in Izmit, Turkey. The additional 7,000 t/y of polyester yarn production...
11.01.2018
- Jacobs Engineering has won a contract to complete a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for Borealis’ proposed propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Belgium. The FEED phase...
10.01.2018
- Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a protracted...
10.01.2018
- Following an in-depth investigation, EU antitrust officials have issued a statement of objections to the proposed acetate tow joint venture between Celanese and Blackstone. The...
