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May 19, 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/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Koch-Nitrogen-to-invest-$1-billion-in-fertilizer-complex-at-Enid-OK_52162.html
May 19, 2013
Saudi Arabian Mining Co.’s (Ma’aden; Riyadh) subsidiary Ma’aden Phosphate (MPC) has restarted its ammonia manufacturing complex at Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia, the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Maaden-restarts-ammonia-and-di-ammonium-phosphate-plants_52158.html
May 17, 2013
Oxea has announced that it has completed a previously announced feasibility study to expand production of oxo products at its Bay City, TX, facility. The expansion will enable the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/oxoalcohols/Oxea-completes-feasibility-study-to-expand-Bay-City-TX-site_52139.html
May 16, 2013
In a public briefing on Thursday, Robert Champion, the agent in charge of the Dallas office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF), says the cause of the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/State-officials-say-cause-of-Texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-still-undetermined_52098.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/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/Ascend-chooses-UOPs-C3-Oleflex-for-$1-2-billion-Chocolate-Bayou-PDH-project_52061.html
May 15, 2013
Isagro (Milan) reports a €3.3-million ($4.3 million) net loss during the first quarter of 2013 compared with a €668,000 profit in the same period last year. Ebitda also...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Isagro-reports-&euro3-3-million-net-loss-during-first-quarter-owing-to-poor-weather-conditions_52015.html
May 15, 2013
Arkema's first-quarter adjusted net income contracted by 21.1% from €123 million ($159.7 million) in the first quarter of 2012, to €97 million, the company announced today...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/chloralkali/Arkemas-first-quarter-net-income-shrinks-by-21-1-percent-on-mixed-economic-environment_52011.html
May 15, 2013
The Phosphate Chemicals Export Association (PhosChem) said on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to supply 400,000 m.t. of diammonium phosphate to 2 undisclosed "large...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/PhosChem-agrees-to-DAP-deliveries-to-2-Indian-customers_52009.html
May 15, 2013
Celanese and Mitsui & Co. have agreed to form a 50-50 joint venture for a previously announced project to produce methanol at Celanese's integrated chemical plant at...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/methanol/Mitsui-and-Co-to-take-50-percent-stake-in-Celanese-methanol-project-at-Clear-Lake-TX_52001.html
May 14, 2013
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (Iffco; New Delhi) and Vale (Rio de Janeiro) have signed a five-year agreement, under which Vale will supply Iffco with rock phosphate from its...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Vale-signs-5-year-deal-for-supply-of-rock-phosphate-to-Iffco_51988.html
May 14, 2013
Oxea's (Oberhausen, Germany) first-quarter results includ a net profit up more than 31%, to €21 million ($27 million) compared with €16 million in the same quarter last...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/oxoalcohols/Oxeas-net-profit-up-31-percent-during-the-first-quarter_51981.html
May 14, 2013
Mosaic has decided to delay by one or two years expansion of its Saskatchewan potash mines, the company said on Monday. Lawrence Stranghoener, CFO, said on a conference call with...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Mosaic-delays-Saskatchewan-potash-expansion-on-poor-markets-and-high-project-costs_51976.html
May 13, 2013
Northern Plains Nitrogen (NPN; Valley City, ND) has announced plans to build a $1.5-billion nitrogen fertilizer complex northwest of Grand Forks, ND. NPN was conceived by growers in...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Northern-Plains-Nitrogen-plans-$1-5-billion-fertilizer-plant-in-North-Dakota_51935.html
May 13, 2013
The Competition Tribunal (Pretoria) is set to hear next week the case brought against Sasol by the Competition Commission (Pretoria), under which Sasol was accused of charging...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/Sasol-to-defend-propylene-and-PP-pricing-policies-before-competition-tribunal_51947.html
May 10, 2013
Rentech Nitrogen (Los Angeles) reports strength in sales, though weaker earnings, due to higher urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) volumes, though ammonia volumes were lower. Net income for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Rentech-Nitrogen-reports-sales-increase-on-higher-UAN-volumes_51914.html
May 10, 2013
Agrium reports a drop in sales and net income for their first quarter due to colder weather lasting longer into the normal start of the spring season. However, the company still...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Agrium-reports-drop-in-income-due-to-longer-winter-season_51912.html
May 10, 2013
European margins for caprolactam could swing back to a loss as fundamentals for May are expected to be unfavorable, IHS chemical says in its latest Global Nylon Fibers & Feedstocks...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/benzene/European-caprolactam-margins-under-pressure_51848.html
May 9, 2013
Braskem's first quarter earnings totaled R$227 million ($113 million), up 49% year-over-year (YOY) from R$152 million, but down 18% sequentially from R$275 million in the fourth quarter of 2012....
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Braskem-first-quarter-net-income-up-49-percent_51886.html
May 8, 2013
CF Industries today reported stronger earnings on high fertilizer demand, although low volumes in certain segments contributed to a drop in sales. Net earnings for the quarter were...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Low-volumes-cut-CF-Industries-first-quarter-sales_51868.html
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