20.02.2015
- Two international chemical giants, Germany's BASF and Petronas of Malaysia, have announced they will build a new world-scale plant for 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHAcid) at the...
10.02.2015
- DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions and Zhonghao Chenguang Chemical Research Institute (Chenguang), a subsidiary of China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), have formed a 50:50...
07.01.2015
- Raízen, a joint venture of oil and petrochemicals group Shell with Brazil's Cosan, will spend nearly $1 billion on building eight second generation bioethanol plants for the...
07.01.2015
- Japan's Mitsui Chemicals and Korean petrochemical producer SKC plan to merge their polyurethane production and their distribution channels in Asia, Europe and North America into a...
19.11.2014
- Kuwait is mulling plans to offer the public shares in the joint ventures Dow Chemical is seeking to divest, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA has reported. KUNA said Asaad al-Saad, CEO...
21.08.2014
- Finnish chemical producer Kemira and Wilmar International have agreed to terminate their joint venture agreement for the manufacture of AKD (alkyl ketene dimer) wax in China...
11.08.2014
- Subject to approval by all relevant authorities, Borealis will acquire full ownership of Speciality Polymers Antwerp. The polymer producer based at Zwijdrecht, Belgium, near...
01.08.2014
- Indian steel and plastics manufacturer Essar is in talks with BASF about a $2 billion petrochemicals joint venture, the newspaper Economic Times reports. Quoting "people directly...