30.04.2014
- French polyamide 6.6 producer Butachemie, a 50:50 joint venture of U.S. nylon specialist Invista and Belgian specialty chemicals producer Solvay, plans to retrofit production...
03.04.2014
- U.S. chemical producer Celanese has announced plans to build a second 1.3 million t/y methanol plant at its Bishop, Texas site, using low-cost natural gas from the U.S. Gulf Coast...
02.04.2014
- Dow-Mitsui Chlor-Alkali, the joint venture of U.S. chemical giant Dow Chemical and Japan's Mitsui & Co, has started full-scale, commercial production at Freeport, Texas. The jv...
26.03.2014
- BASF Total Petrochemicals, a 60:40 joint venture of BASF and French oil and petrochemicals group Total, has started up a tenth furnace at its Port Arthur, Texas, steam cracker. The...
21.03.2014
- Ineos is suing Shanghai Research Institute, a subsidiary of China's largest petrochemicals producer Sinopec, in the Beijing high court for allegedly violating the Swiss-based...
19.03.2014
- Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Company (SCIPIG), a joint venture of U.S. gases manufacturer Praxair and French partner Air Liquide, has been awarded a 15-year...
14.03.2014
- In another attempt - just under the wire - to win EU approval for their proposed 50:50 PVC joint venture, Ineos and Solvay have wrapped up another package of proposals for...
12.03.2014
- DPx Holdings, the new global contract development and manufacturing joint venture of Dutch chemical producer DSM with U.S. private equity firm JLL Partners, was launched on Mar. 11...