Chemical manufacturers are facing severe external challenges, "more so than anytime I can recall," says Mohamed H. Al-Mady, chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15677.html
RPM International has lost a court battle against its insurers in a lawsuit filed in 2003 under which RPM sought reimbursement of asbestos-related costs and/or reinstatement of... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15678.html
Solvay disclosed today that it has taken a 13%-stake in the ownership of fuel cell developer ACAL Energy (Runcorn, U.K.) for EUR1.49 million ($1.9 million). ACAL says it will use the... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15679.html
Four people were injured by an explosion at Yara International's No. 3 NPK fertilizer plant at Porsgrunn, Norway today. The resulting fire has been brought... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15680.html
LG Chem has approved plans to spin off its industrial materials business into a separate entity, effective April 1, 2009. LG Chem's shares will be split into two entities with an... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15681.html
Evonik Plans Capacity Hikes for Isobutene, Methionine Evonik Industries has announced plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to increase production capacity for DL-methionine and... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15683.html
ACC is seeking to form a broad coalition of industry and environmental groups to work with Congress on legislation to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), in part because... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15662.html
Mosaic says that phosphate sales volumes for its fiscal second quarter ended November 30 were 1.3 million m.t., about 38% below first-quarter levels. The average selling price for... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15663.html
Huntsman says it will restructure its textile effects business under a plan that is expected to reduce annual costs by $60 million. Under the plan, the textile effects business will be... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15664.html
Eastman Chemical says it expects fourth-quarter earnings per share, excluding special items, to be "significantly" below its previous guidance of 90 cts/share due to "unprecedented... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15665.html
Cefic says the chemical industry's participation in the pre-registration phase of the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program, which closed yesterday... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15667.html
Monsanto says it has completed its acquisition of Aly Participacoes and its Brazilian-based sugarcane breeding and technology companies, CanaVialis and Allellyx, for $290 million. "We... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15668.html
Dow Chemical says a binding joint venture agreement has been signed for the formation of K-Dow, the company's 50:50 petrochemical joint venture with Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15636.html
Amid the global economic turmoil and widespread shuttering of chemical plants Evonik Industries has disclosed that it has made a committment to spend tens of millions of dollars to... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15637.html
Evonik Industries says it has agreed to sell its custom manufacturing operation based at Seal Sands, U.K. to management. Financial details were not disclosed. The management... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15638.html
DSM says that DSM Nutritional Products has opened its third premix plant in China. The new plant, located at the Hengyang high-tech zone in Hunan province, will provide customers of... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15639.html
Altana says that due to global economic recession, it no longer expects to meet its previous sales and earnings targets for 2008. "In the upcoming months we expect the negative market... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/15640.html
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