Mitsui Chemicals

Mitsui Chemicals Considers Splitting Basic & Green Materials Unit

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

Sojitz Acquires Majority Shares in Nippon A&L

Sojitz, Sumitomo Chemical, and Mitsui Chemicals have concluded a share purchase agreement in which Sojitz will acquire Nippon A&L.

US Orders Emissions Cuts at Denka’s Louisiana Site

Acting on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the US Department of Justice has ordered Japanese plastics and rubber producer Denka Performance Elastomer to “significantly reduce” hazardous chloroprene emissions from its neoprene plant in LaPlace, Louisiana.

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.

Toyota Boshoku and Mitsui in Plastics Alliance

Mitsui Chemicals Expands Polymer Compounding Capacity

Linde and Mitsui Plan Petchem Projects in Iran

Mitsui and SKC to Merge Polyurethane Businesses

China’s chemical industry

Japan's Idemitsu to Proceed with $9 Billion Vietnam Refinery Project

Ineos Barex to Acquire the Mitsui Polyacrylonitriles Business

Thailand's PTT Considers $28.7 Billion Refinery in Vietnam

Japan's Mitsui Chem, Sinopec Set Up Ethylene Venture

Mitsubishi Chemical To Make Solar Cell Film

Japan's Mitsui To Shut Cracker In July For Turnaround