Mitsui

Mitsui Chemicals Considers Splitting Basic & Green Materials Unit

Mitsui Chemicals has announced it is considering splitting off its Basic & Green Materials (B&GM) business.

Ineos Charters Two LNG Carriers for Shipping US Gas

Ineos Energy, one of the newer units in Jim Ratcliffe’s growing portfolio of chemicals and related holdings, has signed dual agreements with Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) for two very large LNG carriers it plans to use to transport US-produced liquefied natural gas to Germany.

Celanese and Mitsui Finalize Food Ingredients JV

US chemical group Celanese Corporation and Japanese chemical giant Mitsui & Co have signed a definitive agreement to form a food ingredients joint venture under the name Nutrinova.

Ineos Completes Mitsui Phenols Singapore Acquisition

Ineos Phenol announces the completion of its acquisition of the entire asset base of Mitsui Phenols Singapore from Mitsui Chemicals, a leading Japanese chemicals manufacturer, for a total consideration of $330 million.

Celanese and Mitsui Extend Strategic Partnerships

US chemical group Celanese is extending one existing strategic collaboration with Japan’s Mitsui and establishing a new one. Added to the 50:50 methanol joint venture will be a new 30:70 JV in food ingredients, in which the Japanese partner will hold the majority.

Ta’ziz Partners with Three Firms on Ammonia Project

Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives, also known as Ta’ziz, has signed a shareholder agreement with fertilizer producer Fertiglobe, gas provider GS Energy and Japanese trading group Mitsui & Co to develop a 1 million t/y low-carbon ammonia plant at its proposed industrial chemicals complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.

Ineos Phenol to Buy Mitsui Phenols Singapore

Ineos Phenol is paying $330 million to acquire Mitsui Phenols Singapore. With the deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approval, it will add 1 million tonnes of annual capacity to its production volume. The business had sales of $750 million in 2021 and 120 employees, all of whom will transfer to the new owner.

Mitsui Buys into Belgium’s Belchim

Mitsui, ISK Take Stakes in Brazil’s Ourofino

Bayer and Mitsui in Parasiticides Pact

Mitsui Chemicals Builds Elastomers Plant in USA

Toyota Boshoku and Mitsui in Plastics Alliance

Toray and Mitsui in Thai Cellulosic Sugar Project

Mitsui Chemicals Expands Polymer Compounding Capacity

Mitsui Takes Stake in German Composites Firm

Mitsui Raises Global PP Compounds Capacity

Iran Insists BASF in Investment Talks

Mitsui Increases Stake in BioAmber Sarnia

BioAmber and Reverdia Sign Non-Assert Pact

DuPont to Cut Delaware Staff in Dow Merger

BioAmber Sarnia Ships First Succinic Acid

Air Products Tapped for Louisiana LNG Terminal

Mitsui and SKC to Merge Polyurethane Businesses

DuPont Finalizes Sale of Neoprene to Denka

Hi-Bis Doubles Capacity for Specialty Bisphenols at Bitterfeld

Mitsui to Acquire DuPont Agrochemical Fungicide Assets

Market Leadership in Specialty Chemicals

Mitsubishi and Mitsui in Shale Gas MMA project

Japanese Traders Still Betting on U.S. Shale

Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Cancel U.S. Alpha Olefins Project

Celanese to Build Second Methanol Plant in Texas

Dow-Mitsui Chlor-Alkali JV Starts Commercial Production

Dow Prepares to Sell Chlor-Alkali and Epoxy Units

Bioplastics Commercialization in Asia

Ineos Oligomers Building New LAO Plant on U.S. Gulf Coast