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May 22, 2013
Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) today announced the introduction of the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013—a bipartisan effort to modernize the...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Lautenberg-Vitter-announce-bipartisan-bill-for-TSCA-modernization_52239.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/home/top_of_the_news/FDA-issues-warning-letter-to-Boehringer-Ingelheim-API-plant_52231.html May 22, 2013
Celanese says it plans to launch a sale process for its acetic anhydride plant at Roussillon, France, and its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant at Tarragona, Spain. Celanese says it is...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Celanese-puts-2-acetyl-plants-in-Europe-up-for-sale_52235.html May 22, 2013
The 952,769 shares, sold over 17–21 May, netted $333 million....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Huntsman-founder-sells-nearly-1-million-shares-to-fund-charity_52236.html May 22, 2013
Kingfa Sci & Tech (Guangzhou, China) has entered into an agreement to buy a majority stake in Hydro S&S Industries (Chennai, India), the companies tell the Bombay Stock...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Kingfa-to-buy-majority-stake-in-Indian-auto-compounds-maker-Hydro-S-and-S_52230.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/home/top_of_the_news/Idemitsu-Kosan-and-Mitsui-and-Co-to-locate-alpha-olefins-plant-at-Freeport-TX_52228.html May 22, 2013
Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG; Kuala Lumpur) is striving to optimize its product portfolio and maximize margins through active molecule management and prioritizing production of...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Petronas-outlines-capex-plans-PVC-exit-costs-$162-million_52227.html May 22, 2013
Ineos Nitriles has signed a heads of terms agreement with Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group to create an equally owned joint venture to produce acrylonitrile, the company announced...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Ineos-Nitriles-and-Tianjin-Bohai-to-form-acrylonitrile-joint-venture_52222.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/home/top_of_the_news/Pacific-NorthWest-awards-FEED-contracts-to-3-consortia-for-shale-gas-processing-into-LNG_52221.html May 21, 2013
The Department of the Interior has allotted 30 days for comments on the new draft....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Revised-fracking-rules-disappoint-industry-environmentalists_52218.html May 21, 2013
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) announced today that Christopher Jahn, current president of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD), will become its president on 9...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/NACDs-Jahn-named-president-of-The-Fertilizer-Institute_52217.html May 21, 2013
The second deadline for the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) program is just around the corner. Phase-in substances...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Second-Reach-registration-deadline-approaches_52205.html May 21, 2013
Specialty Products Holding Corp. (SPHC) and Bondex, RPM insulation products subsidiaries that are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because of asbestos claims, could be held liable...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Court-sets-RPM-subsidiaries-asbestos-liability-at-$1-17-billion_52203.html May 21, 2013
The chemical industry is among the top 5 industries in terms of value creation, having generated nearly twice the total shareholder return (TSR) than a 21-industry average from...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Chemical-industry-leads-in-shareholder-return_52201.html May 21, 2013
Miners at the Rustenburg, South Africa, chrome mine owned by Lanxess went on an strike on Thursday and are still striking today. A spokesperson for Lanxess told CW that the miners...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Lanxesss-chrome-mine-in-South-Africa-hit-by-strike_52198.html May 21, 2013
An international consortium comprising Técnicas Reunidas (Madrid), GS Engineering & Construction (Seoul), Saipem (Milan) and Itochu (Tokyo), has been awarded an engineering...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Consortium-awarded-$3-5-billion-refinery-and-aromatics-contract-in-Turkey_52191.html May 21, 2013
Haldor Frederik Axel Topsøe, founder of Haldor Topsøe (Copenhagen) passed away, shortly before his 100th birthday, after a brief illness, the company and his family...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Obituary-Haldor-Topsøe-passes-away_52185.html May 21, 2013
Lukoil (Moscow) says that SNF (Andrézieux, France) has agreed on a project to produce acrylamide and polyacrylamide at the production site of Lukoil’s petrochemical...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/SNF-to-build-acrylamide-facility-in-Russia_52189.html May 21, 2013
PolyOne says its PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers (McHenry, IL) business, a leading player in custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) solutions, has established new TPE...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/PolyOne-adds-TPE-capacity-in-Brazil_52188.html May 20, 2013
Koch Nitrogen has announced plans to build a new urea plant at its Enid, OK, facility. In addition, the company is revamping existing production processes at the facility...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Koch-Nitrogen-to-invest-$1-billion-in-fertilizer-complex-at-Enid-OK_52162.html |
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