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May 23, 2013
Polystyrene (PS) demand is expected to be lower worldwide this year compared with last year, according to the latest IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service: Global Plastics &...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Global-PS-demand-expected-to-be-lower-in-2013-because-of-high-feedstock-costs-product-substitution_52256.html
May 23, 2013
Pfizer intends to reduce its holding in Zoetis, the animal health business it spun off via an initial public offering earlier this year, through an exchange offer, the company said on...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Pfizer-to-reduce-holding-in-animal-health-unit-Zoetis_52254.html
May 23, 2013
The low cost of natural gas gives US chlor-alkali producers a great advantage on the global market, but capitalizing on the opportunity means maintaining the industry’s strong...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Chlorine-Institutes-safety-mission-supports-chlor-alkali-opportunity_51682.html
May 23, 2013
Demand for chlor-alkali products is growing on the back of recovery in the construction sector, but the benefit will not be spread evenly around the globe, according to Steve Brien...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/US-chlor-alkali-exports-margins-rising-on-shale-advantage_51681.html
May 23, 2013
ICA Fluor, the construction joint venture of Empresas ICA and Fluor, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a titanium dioxide (TiO2) train at DuPont’s complex at...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ICA-Fluor-awarded-titanium-dioxide-contract-from-DuPont-in-Mexico_51677.html
May 23, 2013
Braskem (São Paulo) has launched its line of biobased low-density polyethylene (LDPE) derived from sugarcane ethanol, the company has announced. Annual production of biobased...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-launches-biobased-LDPE-line_52262.html
May 23, 2013
BASF and Monsanto plan to commercially launch their jointly developed drought-tolerant corn in the U.S. market in time for the next growing season, according to Dow Jones reports. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Monsanto-BASF-plan-to-launch-drought-tolerant-corn-next-year_52263.html
May 22, 2013
The European Union will impose provisional antidumping duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia, according to various media reports. Argentinean biodiesel will face a...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/EU-to-impose-dumping-duties-on-biodiesel-from-Argentina-Indonesia_52234.html
May 22, 2013
FDA issued a warning letter earlier this month to the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished pharmaceutical manufacturing facility Boehringer Ingelheim (Ingelheim am...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/FDA-issues-warning-letter-to-Boehringer-Ingelheim-API-plant_52231.html
May 22, 2013
Specialty chemicals and advanced materials firm Rockwood Holdings' (Princeton, NJ) sale of certain business units has attracted interest from various private equity suitors, according...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Reports-Rockwoods-divestment-of-noncore-assets-sparks-private-equity-interest_52229.html
May 22, 2013
Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui & Co. plan to locate their previously announced alpha-olefins production plant at Dow Chemical’s Freeport, TX, site, according to an application for...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Idemitsu-Kosan-and-Mitsui-and-Co-to-locate-alpha-olefins-plant-at-Freeport-TX_52228.html
May 22, 2013
Pacific NorthWest LNG, a joint venture in which Petronas (Kuala Lumpur) holds 90% and Japan Petroleum Exploration (Tokyo) 10%, has awarded lump-sum contracts to 3 separate...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Pacific-NorthWest-awards-FEED-contracts-to-3-consortia-for-shale-gas-processing-into-LNG_52221.html
May 21, 2013
Airgas has named Chuck Broadus division president for the company’s South division, effective 1 July. Broadus succeeds Mike Rhode who is retiring after 15 years of service. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Airgas-names-South-division-president_52219.html
May 21, 2013
Air Products says it has has successfully begun operating its carbon recovery project at Port Arthur, TX, as a part of a Department of Energy’s (DOE) demonstration project that will capture about 1 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually....
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Air-Products-begins-operating-DOE-carbon-capture-project_52135.html
May 21, 2013
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) has named Carsten Reinhardt president and CEO, effective 1 August. Reinhardt, a professor of the history of science at Bielefeld University, in...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/CHF-names-CEO_52121.html
May 21, 2013
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) says it will close its fragrance ingredient manufacturing plant at Augusta, GA, by July 2014 as part of the company’s cost-cutting...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/IFF-to-close-GA-plant_52120.html
May 21, 2013
Republican Senators on the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works have boycotted a vote to advance President Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy as EPA chief, saying...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/GOP-boycotts-EPA-nom_52118.html
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