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March 1, 2013
Keyuan Petrochemicals (Ningbo, China) has agreed to pay $1 million to settle securities fraud charges in the United States, the SEC (Washington) said on Thursday. The SEC charged...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Keyuan-Petrochemicals-agrees-to-pay-$1-million-fraud-charges-in-the-US_50182.html March 1, 2013
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany) says that it has begun construction on the previously announced oxo derivatives plant in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park in China. Mechanical completion...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Oxea-begins-construction-of-oxo-derivatives-plant-in-Nanjing-plans-expansion_50180.html March 1, 2013
Lubrizol says that its CPI Engineering Services division plans to partner with Oxea Chemicals to establish manufacturing capabilities at Nanjing China, to produce CPI's synthetic...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Lubrizol-partners-with-Oxea-to-manufacture-refrigeration-lubricants-in-China_50179.html February 28, 2013
Synthetic fuel and fertilizer company Rentech (Los Angeles) says it will shutter its Commerce City, CO, product demonstration unit and eliminate all related R&D activities in order...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Rentech-shutters-R-and-D-facility-citing-weak-outlook-for-alternative-energy-in-US_50117.html February 28, 2013
Chemicals production contracted by 1.5% in the European Union in 2012 compared with 2011, Cefic says. The full-year figure is slightly better than Cefic's previous projection of a 2%...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/EU-chemicals-output-decline-in-2012-less-severe-than-expected_50113.html February 28, 2013
A federal judge in Baton Rouge, LA has ruled that two tax-shelter transactions entered into by Dow Chemical and designed by Goldman Sachs and law firm King & Spalding amounted to...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Dow-loses-US-tax-shelter-case_50104.html February 28, 2013
The Ministry of Commerce, PRC (Mofcom; Beijing) will impose provisional antidumping duties on imports of toluidine from the European Union starting 1 March, the Chinese...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/China-imposes-provisional-antidumping-duties-on-toluidine-from-EU_50109.html February 28, 2013
Dow Chemical says that Oriental Energy has signed a license agreement with Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow, for the Unipol...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Chinese-firm-selects-Dows-Unipol-PP-process-technology_50108.html February 28, 2013
Toyo Engineering (Narashino, Japan) says that it has been awarded a contract to build an ammonia plant for Panca Amara Utama (PAU; Jakarta), a subsidiary of Surya Esa Perkasa (SEP...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Toyo-Engineering-awarded-contract-for-ammonia-project-in-Indonesia_50106.html February 28, 2013
Bayer achieved its targets for 2012 and has provided guidance for growth through 2015. Speaking at a media briefing, held today in Leverkusen, Marijn Dekkers, CEO, said that all of...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Bayer-maintains-growth-momentum-provides-guidance-for-2015_50114.html February 27, 2013
Ascend Performance Materials (Houston) is proceeding with plans to build a $1.2-billion propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility in at its Alvin, TX, site. The PDH unit will use propane...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Ascend-plans-$1-2-billion-on-purpose-propylene-plant-at-Alvin-TX-site_50088.html February 27, 2013
Tessenderlo Group (Brussels) announced today that it has received an offer from Mitsubishi Chemical, for Tessenderlo’s compounds activities. Terms of the offer were not...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Mitsubishi-Chemical-offers-to-buy-Tessenderlos-compounds-business_50082.html February 26, 2013
Chemtura reports fourth-quarter net earnings of $27 million, up 13% from the year-ago quarter, as strength in consumer products and agricultural chemicals offset weak conditions in the company’s industrial segments. Sales increased 8%, to $622 million. Reported earnings were 27 cts/share, up 13% from the year-ago quarter, but 13% below the average analyst estimate of 31 cts/share, as reported by Thomson Reuters (New York)....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Chemtura-notches-sales-and-earnings-gains-but-misses-estimates_50073.html February 26, 2013
Ecolab’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings increased 161% year-on-year (YOY), to $231.4 million, on sales up 65%, to $3.05 billion. Sales and income included adjustments related to...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Ecolab-earnings-rise-on-growth-in-all-segments_50072.html February 26, 2013
ACC’s monthly Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB) increased for a seventh consecutive month—posting a 0.6% gain over January, to 92.1, and indicating a slow-growing US...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/ACCs-CAB-ticks-up-for-seventh-consecutive-month_50070.html February 26, 2013
Petronas Chemicals (Kuala Lumpur) reports a 12% rise in profits for the quarter ended 31 December 2012, compared with the year-ago quarter, to 988 million ringgit ($319 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Petronas-Chemicals-reports-rise-in-quarterly-profits_50066.html February 26, 2013
Elementis (London) generated $107.1 million in net profit during 2012, a drop of almost 14% on 2011, the company reported today. The company's operating profit nevertheless grew 5%...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Elementiss-profit-drops-14-percent-despite-stable-sales_50063.html February 26, 2013
BASF today reported significantly higher sales and earnings for fourth-quarter and full-year 2012, and expressed optimism about 2013. Addressing the media in Ludwigshafen, BASF...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/BASF-reports-higher-sales-and-earnings-optimistic-about-2013_50062.html February 26, 2013
Borealis, one the largest European manufacturers of polyolefins, saw its fourth-quarter net profit rise by 72%, driven in part by the company's growing presence in the European...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Borealis-looks-to-its-expanding-fertilizer-business-to-create-a-more-stable-revenue-stream_50060.html February 26, 2013
Mitsubishi Rayon says that it will launch a new subsidiary called Mitsubishi Rayon Carbon Fiber & Composites (Irvine, CA), on 1 April, by integrating its existing group companies...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Mitsubishi-Rayon-to-establish-new-subsidiary-in-US-for-carbon-fiber-and-composites-business_50058.html |
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