Keyword: LyondellBasell

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LyondellBasell to Pay Special Dividend Despite Decline in Profit

27.10.2012 - Chemical maker and refiner LyondellBasell Industries posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, due in part to high costs for crude oil-derived chemicals in European...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

A Gas Future for Petrochemicals?

25.10.2012 - Technology - Growing chemicals demand from Asia and the need to reduce exposure to fluctuating oil prices continue to drive petrochemicals expansion in the Middle East. In the past...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Chemicals Economy at Halftime in 2012

25.09.2012 - Market Overview - With the euro crisis biting ever harder, the US economy still staggering under a formidable debt burden and even the Chinese growth engine sputtering, the chief...

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ThyssenKrupp Wins Plant Construction Contract From Russia

29.08.2012 - The ThyssenKrupp plant construction business won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a single-train polypropylene plant. The plant will be built for...

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Cheap Shale Gas Helps LyondellBasell Beat Estimates

27.07.2012 - Chemical maker and refiner LyondellBasell Industries reported quarterly profit that beat expectations on Friday as cheap North American shale natural gas helped offset lower...

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Growth Prospects of Global Solvent Market

13.06.2012 - The market research company Ceresana forecasts the global solvent market to earn revenues of about $33 billion in 2019. Especially the dynamic economic development in emerging...

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LyondellBasell Posts Mixed Earnings

30.04.2012 - Chemical maker LyondellBasell Industries's quarterly revenue missed Wall Street's expectations and profit was drained by high supply costs in Europe and Asia, sending shares down 6...

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LyondellBasell's Q3 Profit Doubles

31.10.2011 - LyondellBasell's third-quarter profit nearly doubled, widely beating Wall Street's expectations, on strong chemical and oil refining margins. The company benefited from higher...