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April 24, 2013
Brazil has proposed a set of tax cuts to boost its petrochemical sector and ethanol sector, according to a statement from the Finance Ministry (Brasilia) issued on Wednesday...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Brazil-proposes-measures-to-stimulate-the-petrochemical-and-ethanol-industries_51399.html April 24, 2013
Delayed catalyst orders and downtime at customer operations drove W.R. Grace’s first-quarter results below expectations. The company reported net income of $52.9 million for the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Grace-reports-first-quarter-earnings-down-13-percent_51403.html April 24, 2013
UOP, a Honeywell subsidiary, will provide technology for the production of aromatics at Brunei Hengyi Industries' new petrochemical complex in Brunei, Honeywell announced today. Brunei...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/UOP-to-supply-technology-for-aromatics-complex-in-Brunei_50888.html April 24, 2013
Invista has announced the start-up of a specialty Lycra production line at its Shanghai manufacturing complex. The facility is designed to produce the company’s T837 Lycra HyFit...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Invista-commissions-specialty-Lycra-plant-at-Shanghai-advances-with-similar-unit-in-Brazil_51393.html April 24, 2013
Cabot says that its Cabot Norit Activated Carbon business has entered into a contract to provide its Darco Hg family of activated carbon products to a large power generator in the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Cabot-awarded-contract-by-US-utility-company-for-activated-carbon-products_51389.html April 23, 2013
DuPont expects sequential improvement in industrial demand as the year progresses. “We anticipate improvements in demand in the second half from industrial markets,” says DuPont chair and CEO Ellen Kullman. “This is based on our evaluation of country and regional forecast[s] for general industrial production, auto production, home building and construction, solar module production, and other markets.” Global industrial production was up 1% in the first quarter and “will get to 2.5% for the year, which means an improving economy as we go quarter to quarter,” Kullman adds....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/DuPont-operating-income-slips-on-weak-titanium-dioxide_51378.html April 23, 2013
Monsanto says it will invest $400 million to expand its R&D capabilities at its St. Louis Chesterfield Village Research Center, add 36 new greenhouses and 675 jobs over the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Monsanto-investing-$400-million-to-expand-St-Louis-research-campus_51374.html April 23, 2013
Air Products reports that net income decreased slightly year-on-year (YOY)—down 1.6%, to $290.4 million. Adjusted earnings per share of $1.37/share, up 5.4% YOY, were in line...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Air-Products-net-income-declines-1-6-percent_51373.html April 23, 2013
Vertellus Specialties (Indianapolis) has entered into a joint venture with Weifang Green Olive Chemical (Weifang, China) to expand significantly Vertellus's capacity to produce...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Vertellus-JV-to-produce-pyridine-and-picoline-in-China_51372.html April 23, 2013
ACC has released its chemical activity barometer (CAB) for March, showing that the US economy continues to grow slowly. On a 3-month moving average (3MMA) basis, the CAB increased 0.2%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ACCs-chemical-barometer-grows-in-April_51370.html April 23, 2013
Dow Chemical's plastic additive production site near Grangemouth, UK, has been put up for sale, according to a report in local newspaper, The Falkirk Herald, published today. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Report-Dows-plastic-additives-production-site-at-Grangemouth-up-for-sale_51369.html April 23, 2013
Ethiopian Potash Corp. (EPC; Toronto) and AIM-listed Premier African Minerals (London) have signed a definitive contract for the sale of Premier's G&B African Resources Mali...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Ethiopian-Potash-acquires-exploration-authorization-rights-in-Mali_51356.html April 22, 2013
M&G Group (Tortona, Italy) has licensed Alpek’s IntegRex technology for its planned 1.2-million m.t./year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Corpus Christi, TX, the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Alpek-licenses-PTA-to-M-and-G-project-buys-PET-offtake-rights-for-$350-million_51221.html April 22, 2013
Enterprise Products Partners (Houston) has extended the deadline for reserving capacity on its 270-mile Aegis ethane pipeline, which is to begin commercial operation in 2014...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Enterprise-extends-Aegis-commitment-period_51213.html April 22, 2013
K+S has raised the planned capital expenditure for its potash plant project at Saskatchewan, Canada, to C$4.1 billion ($3.9 billion), which includes investments into the the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/K+S-increases-capital-spending-for-Canadian-potash-project_51335.html April 22, 2013
Praxair has signed an agreement with North West Redwater Partnership (NWR; Calgary, AB) to build, own, and operate an air separation facility (ASU) at NWR’s refinery near...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Praxair-to-build-ASU-at-Canadian-refinery_51334.html April 22, 2013
MACROECONOMIC STATUS Our running tab of positive indicators slipped by one to 14 out of 20 this week. Thus, we continue to post a green banner. Consumer prices down 0.2%; up 1.5%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/ACCs-economic-outlook-for-the-week-ended-19-April-2013_51338.html April 22, 2013
Alpek (San Pedro Garza García, Mexico) achieved $77 million in net consolidated income during the first quarter of 2013, down 20% on the $96-million income reported during the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Alpeks-first-quarter-net-income-down-20-percent_51333.html April 22, 2013
In the latest salvo in the ongoing A. Schulman– Ferro fight, Schulman management today issued a statement refuting a letter Ferro sent to its shareholders last week. Schulman...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/Schulman-responds-to-Ferro-shareholder-letter_51337.html April 22, 2013
The Argentinean government has launched a negotiation process to protect the workers, including subcontracted personnel, at Vale's (Rio de Janeiro) Rio Colorado potash project in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Argentina-launches-process-to-protect-workers-at-Vales-Rio-Colorado-potash-project-site_51324.html |
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