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July 18, 2012
Lower phosphate prices weighed on Mosaic's fourth quarter results, although the company beat Wall Street estimates and announced it will double its annual dividend. The company ...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Mosaic-Profits-Down-22-percent-on-Weak-Phosphate-Prices_44942.html July 17, 2012
Sibur (Moscow) announced today that it will shut down a chlorine manufacturing complex at its Sibur-Nefekhim subsidiary at Dzerzhinsk, Russia. The company says that the plant is old...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/chloralkali/Sibur-to-Close-Outdated-Chlorine-Plant-at-Dzerzhinsk_44925.html July 16, 2012
Arkema’s Coatex subsidiary is buying an additives and emulsions production site at Araçariguama, near São Paulo, Brazil, from Resicryl (São Paulo). The...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/acrylonitrile/Arkema-to-Buy-Production-Site-in-Brazil_44895.html July 13, 2012
This Week on CW: ACC’s mid-year industry outlook forecasts slow economic and chemicals output growth. DuPont says the TiO2 market should be strong through the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/titanium_dioxide/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-July-13_44892.html July 13, 2012
CB&I announced today that its Lummus Technology unit has been awarded a contract by Petronas for the license and engineering design work for five petrochemicals units. The project...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/Lummus-Scoops-Cracker-Award-for-Rapid-Project-in-Malaysia_44875.html July 13, 2012
Solvay says it has commissioned North America’s first trona mine methane recovery facility at Green River, WY. The company’s patented methane recovery system captures...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/chloralkali/Solvay-Commissions-First-Trona-Mine-Methane-Recovery-System-in-U-S-_44876.html July 12, 2012
Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales de Bolivianos (YPFB; La Paz) says it has received bids from five companies interested in building a world-scale ammonia and urea complex at Entre...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Bolivia-Takes-Bids-on-World-Scale-Fertilizer-Complex_44851.html July 11, 2012
Braskem will receive $15 million in state support from the state of Pennsylvania for the acquisition of the propylene splitter assets at Sunoco's Marcus Hook, PA refinery. Braskem...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/Pennsylvania-to-Subsidize-Braskem-Investment-at-Marcus-Hook_44841.html July 11, 2012
Mississippi Phosphates Corporation (MPC; Madison, Miss), a wholly owned subsidiary of Phosphate Holdings, said on Tuesday that it has agreed with OCP (Casablanca) to extend by six...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Mississippi-Phosphates-and-OCP-Extend-Phosphate-Rock-Supply-Contract_44818.html July 10, 2012
DuPont says the market outlook for titanium dioxide (TiO2) in the second half of 2012 is expected to be strong, despite statements by other TiO2 producers. "Recent comments...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/titanium_dioxide/DuPont-TiO2-Outlook-Strong-Despite-Reports_44797.html July 9, 2012
PetroChina says it has completed construction of a major petchems expansion project at Daqing, China. The new 600,000 m.t./year ethylene production facility, based on the Stone &...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/PetroChina-Commissions-Daqing-Petrochemical-Complex_44750.html July 9, 2012
Ceradis has signed a distribution agreement with Grupo Transmerquim (GTM) for their specialty banana-fertilizer, MusaCare. GTM will market and distribute Ceradis’s product in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Ceradis-Signs-Banana-Fertilizer-Distribution-Agreement-with-GTM_44748.html July 8, 2012
India’s Ministry of Finance has imposed a definitive five-year antidumping duty on imports of soda ash from China, the European Union (EU), Iran, Kenya, Pakistan, Ukraine, and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/chloralkali/India-Imposes-Antidumping-Duty-on-Imports-of-Soda-Ash_44751.html July 6, 2012
Arkema says it has finalized the previously announced divestment of its vinyl products activities to the Klesch Group (Geneva). The newly created vinyls company is called Kem One...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/vinyl_acetate/Arkema-Completes-PVC-Exit-Kem-One-to-Invest-&euro400-Million_44698.html July 6, 2012
BASF has announced plans to build a butadiene extraction unit at the company’s Antwerp site. The plant will have a production capacity of 155,000 m.t./year and it is scheduled to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/BASF-to-Build-Butadiene-Plant-at-Antwerp-To-Help-Ease-Global-Shortage_44701.html July 6, 2012
Methanex announced today that it has restarted its second methanol plant at Motunui, New Zealand, and had commenced production this week. The plant adds 650,000 m.t./year of capacity...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/methanol/Methanex-Restarts-New-Zealand-Plant-Sees-More-Debottlenecking-and-Restart-Opportunities_44656.html July 6, 2012
JBF Petrochemicals, a wholly owned subsidiary of JBF Industries (Mumbai), will build a 1.25-million m.t./year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Mangalore Special Economic Zone...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/terephthalic_acid/JBF-Petrochemicals-Builds-Large-PTA-Plant-in-India_44714.html July 6, 2012
Enterprise Products Partners will use the Catofin propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology for its previously announced plant on the Texas Gulf Coast, CW has learned. The facility will...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/Enterprise-Products-to-Use-Catofin-PDH-Technology-on-Texas-Gulf-Coast_44587.html July 6, 2012
CB&I has confirmed CW’s exclusive report that its Lummus Technology unit has licensed its Catofin propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology to Enterprise Products...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/CB-and-I-Confirms-Catofin-Technology-Award-to-Enterprise-Products-Partners_44729.html July 5, 2012
PPG Industries says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Henan Billions Chemicals (Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, China) by which PPG will license certain chloride-based...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/titanium_dioxide/PPG-Signs-Deals-with-Chinese-Firm-for-Titanium-Dioxide_44501.html |
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