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May 20, 2013
BP says it has received clearance from the FTC to sell its Carson, CA, refinery and southwest US retail assets to Tesoro and expects to complete the sale in the second quarter of...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/BP-receives-FTC-clearance-to-sell-Carson-refinery-and-marketing-assets-to-Tesoro_52159.html May 20, 2013
Saudi Arabian Mining Co.’s (Ma’aden; Riyadh) subsidiary Ma’aden Phosphate Co. (MPC) has restarted its ammonia manufacturing complex at Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Maaden-restarts-ammonia-and-diammonium-phosphate-plants_52158.html May 20, 2013
Kaneka (Osaka) recorded a 72.6% rise in net profits for its fiscal year ended 31 March compared with the previous fiscal year, to ¥9.32 billion ($91 million). Full-year sales...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Kaneka-records-rise-in-profits_52166.html May 20, 2013
Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners has appointed investment bank Lazard to advise it on a proposed sale of Emerald Performance Materials (Cuyahoga Falls, OH), press reports say...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Sun-Capital-eyes-Emerald-Performance-Materials-divestment_52165.html May 17, 2013
PQ says it will invest more than $120 million to expand catalyst production at its Kansas City, KS, site. The project will increase capacity for PQ’s wholly owned silica...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/PQ-to-invest-$120-million-to-boost-catalyst-production-at-Kansas-City-site_52144.html May 17, 2013
Dow Chemical says it will appeal the judgment entered against the company in connection with a case covering alleged urethanes price fixing. Dow says that the award of $1.2 billion...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Dow-Chemical-appeals-urethanes-price-fixing-award_52137.html May 17, 2013
Ube Industries has unveiled a new medium-term management plan for the next three years. Ube is targeting operating profits of ¥55 billion ($540 million) in the fiscal year ending...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Ube-announces-business-plan-will-invest-$1-37-billion-over-the-next-3-years_52134.html May 17, 2013
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) decreased in 2012, but the surplus of emission allowances...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/EU-emissions-trading-GHG-emissions-decline-in-2012-but-allowance-surplus-grows_52131.html May 17, 2013
Air Liquide says it has acquired a 73.3% stake in Healthy Sleep Solutions (Sydney), a leading player in the field of diagnosis and treatment for patients with sleep disorders, notably...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Air-Liquide-acquires-home-health-care-firm-in-Australia_52128.html May 17, 2013
Univar says it has acquired Quimicompuestos (Monterrey, Mexico), a distributor of commodity chemicals in Mexico. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Quimicompuestos...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Univar-acquires-commodities-distributor-in-Mexico_52062.html May 16, 2013
According to UOP, it will be the world’s largest on-purpose propylene facility, with a production capacity greater than 1 million m.t./year....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Ascend-chooses-UOPs-C3-Oleflex-for-$1-2-billion-Chocolate-Bayou-PDH-project_52061.html May 16, 2013
BASF has signed a contract to sell its subsidiary Industrial Water Management France (Lyon) to Degrémont, the water treatment specialist for local authorities and...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/BASF-to-sell-Industrial-Water-Management-to-Degremont_52007.html May 16, 2013
A Kansas federal court on Wednesday ordered Dow Chemical to pay $1.2 billion in a previously announced urethanes price-fixing case, tripling, as expected, the fine announced in...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Court-triples-Dows-urethanes-price-fixing-fine-to-$1-2-billion_52042.html May 16, 2013
The adjusted earnings per share loss of 45 cts fell short of the analyst consensus estimated loss of 21 cts/share....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Tronox-reports-first-quarter-loss-but-growing-TiO2-volumes_51894.html May 16, 2013
Technip says it has been awarded by Nova Chemicals the detail engineering and procurement services contract for the previously announced polyethylene (PE) expansion project at the...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Technip-awarded-contract-for-Novas-polyethylene-expansion-project-in-Canada_52041.html May 16, 2013
Toyo Engineering (Narashino, Japan) says it has been awarded a contract by Sasol to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for a previously announced 450,000-m.t./year...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Toyo-awarded-FEED-contract-for-Sasols-Lake-Charles-polyethylene-plant_52040.html May 16, 2013
Garrett:North American expansion will help push restructuring in Europe. Borealis today reported a major drop in first-quarter net profit to €61 million ($78.5 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Borealiss-first-quarter-profit-down-Borouges-contribution-shrinks-due-to-turnaround_52045.html May 15, 2013
Eastman Chemical has named executive v.p. Mark Costa as CEO effective 1 January 2014. Current chairman and CEO James Rogers will continue to serve as CEO until that dare and then will serve as executive chairman of the board....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Eastman-Chemical-names-Mark-Costa-as-next-CEO_52003.html May 15, 2013
“At this point, it is estimated that the remaining production line will start up by late June,” Ken Mounger, v.p. and general manager/polyolefins, tells customers....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Two-of-three-lines-operational-at-Formosas-fire-damaged-HDPE-unit_52021.html May 15, 2013
LyondellBasell will shut down a 100,000-m.t./year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in Wesseling, Germany, in the third quarter....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/LyondellBasell-to-close-HDPE-Unit-in-Germany_52037.html |
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