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February 8, 2013
KBR says it has been selected by state-owned Indonesian fertilizer company, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang (Pusri; Palembang), to provide licensing, engineering services, and proprietary...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/KBR-to-provide-purifier-technology-for-fertilizer-project-in-Indonesia_49703.html February 7, 2013
Total says it has received a firm offer from Borealis to acquire Total's GPN (Paris) fertilizer business and Total's majority stake in the Rosier (Moustier, Belgium) fertilizer...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Borealis-bids-to-acquire-Totals-fertilizer-business_49621.html February 7, 2013
Seattle biocatalysis firm Arzeda says it has entered into a collaboration with Invista to develop a biobased route to a butadiene, a key raw material that is increasingly in short...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Invista-signs-second-biobased-butadiene-development-deal_49623.html February 7, 2013
Canpotex—an offshore marketing company owned jointly by Agrium, Mosaic Canada Crop Nutrition (a subsidiary of Mosaic) and PotashCorp—has reached an agreement with the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Canadian-potash-jv-signs-supply-contract-with-India_49648.html February 7, 2013
Metafrax (Gubakha, Russia) plans to build an ammonia and urea manufacturing complex at its Gubakha site, the company’s chairman, Armen Garsylan, says. The project represents...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Metafrax-plans-to-build-ammonia-urea-manufacturing-complex_49469.html February 7, 2013
Braskem's net profit swung back to positive territory in the fourth quarter of 2012 as the company reported 275 million reais ($138.3 million) in net earnings, compared with a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/benzene/Braskem-swings-to-a-net-profit-in-the-fourth-quarter_49647.html February 7, 2013
European demand for polypropylene (PP) remains weak. The weakness is compounded by propylene feedstock prices, which, between September 2012 and January 2013, shed €70/m.t. ...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/European-PP-contract-price-increases-may-be-limited-by-weak-demand-despite-slightly-firmer-propylene_49634.html February 7, 2013
Kemira’s revenue increased 3%, to €558.5 million ($755.4 million) during the fourth quarter of 2012, mainly because of continued sales volumes growth, especially in the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/chloralkali/Kemiras-fourth-quarter-revenue-up-3-percent_49604.html February 6, 2013
Compass Minerals (Overland Park, KS) on Wednesday reported net earnings for the fourth quarter 2012 of $30.1 million, down 31% from $43.9 million in the year-ago period. Sales for the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Compass-Minerals-Mild-winter-cuts-into-fourth-quarter-earnings_49608.html February 6, 2013
Belarusian Potash Co. (BPC; Minsk)—a joint venture between Uralkali (Berezniki, Russia) and Belaruskali (Soligorsk, Belarus)—is expected to sign contracts to sell 1.0...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Reports-BPC-to-sell-1-million-m-t-of-potash-to-India-update_49566.html February 6, 2013
Ube Industries says that it will cease production of caprolactam at the company’s production complex at Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, by March 2014. The decision was made on 5...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/caprolactam/Ube-to-close-caprolactam-facility-at-Sakai_49594.html February 6, 2013
Shell Chemicals has made a final investment decision to upgrade its Jurong Island, Singapore, polyols facility, the company announced today. The investment is expected to increase...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene_oxide/Shell-to-expand-polyols-capacity-in-Singapore_49568.html February 5, 2013
The strike at Sabic Europe's plant at Geleen, Netherlands, has ended, according to a Sabic announcement to the Saudi stock exchange today. “Due to the limited magnitude of the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/Staff-returns-to-work-at-Sabics-Geleen-plant_49580.html February 4, 2013
In the Americas, 2012 Ebitda for olefins and polyolefins totaled $2.96 billion, up $823 million from 2011....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/LyondellBasell-posts-gains-on-strong-olefin-polyolefin-results_49512.html February 1, 2013
Adjusted Ebitda for the fourth quarter totaled $119 million, an increase of 14% over the third quarter’s $104 million....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/methanol/Methanex-earnings-beat-estimates-on-healthy-demand_49509.html February 1, 2013
Sumitomo Chemical says it has decided that it will close its 415,000-m.t./year ethylene plant at Chiba, Japan, by September 2015. Sumitomo says it is also considering the possibility...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/Sumitomo-Chemical-to-close-permanently-Chiba-ethylene-plant-Update_49496.html January 31, 2013
Fluor has been awarded a contract by Williams (Tulsa, OK) to provide preliminary engineering services for a previously announced propane dehydrogenation (PDH) project near...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/Fluor-awarded-Williams-propane-dehydrogenation-plant-contract-in-Canada_49464.html January 31, 2013
PotashCorp faced weaker fourth-quarter 2012 earnings due to the late-season slowdown in global fertilizer nutrients, especially in phosphate and potash. Net income fell 38%...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/PotashCorp-fourth-quarter-earnings-slip-because-of-weak-offshore-fertilizer-demand_49475.html January 31, 2013
Sirius Minerals (London), a potash exploration and development company, has submitted application documents for the onshore mining and mine access infrastructure of its previously...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Sirius-Minerals-submits-application-for-UK-potash-project_49473.html January 31, 2013
Strike action at Sabic's plant at Geleen, in the region of Limburg, Netherlands, commenced today, and operations at the site's production plants are being wound down, Sabic says...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/Strike-at-Sabics-Geleen-site-causes-progressive-halt-of-operations_49470.html |
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