05.10.2015
- LyondellBasell has completed the acquisition of SJS Plastiblends, a polypropylene compounder based at Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. The Rotterdam-headquartered petrochemicals and...
29.09.2015
- Thanks to its location on the US Gulf Coast with its booming shale gas industry and generous investment incentives to investors, the state of Louisiana is rapidly becoming a mecca...
19.08.2015
- LyondellBasell has accepted an offer for its wholly-owned Argentine subsidiary, Petroken, from YPF and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica (GIP). Argentina’s state-owned energy company YPF...
11.08.2015
- To expand its global footprint in the automotive market and become more competitive in India’s growing market, LyondellBasell will acquire PP compounds manufacturer SJS...
22.07.2015
- French authorities investigating the explosion and fire at LyondellBasell’s storage facility adjoining its refinery at Berre in southern France in the early morning hours of Jul...
15.07.2015
- A blaze that engulfed two storage units at the LyondellBasell polyolefins site at Berre in southern France in the early morning hours of Jul. 14 may have been deliberately set...
08.06.2015
- From Sept. 1, the company formerly known as Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) will trade under the name Covestro. The new name will precede an initial public offering planned for the...
08.06.2015
- Until recently, most chemical players outside the petrochemicals segment may have taken scant notice of the vast upheaval sweeping the upstream petrochemical and plastics...
