KBR says it has been awarded a contract by Egypt Hydrocarbon Corp. (EHC; Cairo) for a pre-front-end engineering design study of two polyethylene (PE) plants that would form part of a... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/15509.html
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Copenhagen), Europe's biggest shipowner, says it has diverted its slower ships, mainly tankers, from the Suez Canal and Gulf of Aden, to go round the Cape of Good... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/15496.html
Somali pirates have released a chemical tanker and its 22-member crew after the pirates received a $1.1-million ransom, reports say. The pirates had held the vessel, Stolt Valor, since... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/15423.html
Solvay says it has entered into a final agreement to buy Alexandria Sodium Carbonate Co. (ASCC), a soda ash producer, from state-owned Holding Company for Chemical Industries (Cairo)... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/14963.html
Solvay says it has entered into a final agreement to buy Alexandria Sodium Carbonate Co. (ASCC; Cairo), a soda ash producer, from state-owned Holding Company for Chemical Industries... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/14798.html
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL; Tel Aviv) has reported a 445% increase in net profits to $703.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. And sales for the period increased by 116% to... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/13713.html
Agrium says it has entered into an agreement to sell its 60% stake in EAgrium, a previously announced $1.4-billion fertilizer joint venture project at Ras el-Bar, Damietta, Egypt, to... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/13638.html
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Mumbai) says the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC; Washington DC) has given clearance for the previously announced tender offer by Alkaloida Chemical... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/13581.html
Agrium says it has entered into an agreement to sell EAgrium, a previously announced $1.4-billion fertilizer project at Ras el-Bar, Damietta, Egypt, to Misr Oil Processing Co. (Mopco... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/13527.html
Discussions between the Egyptian government and Agrium to resolve a dispute over the construction of a previously announced fertilizer complex at Ras el-Barr, Damietta, Egypt, focus on... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/12973.html
The Egyptian Peoples Assembly, the country’s parliament, has recommended the relocation of EAgrium’s (Cairo) $1.4-billion fertilizer project at Damietta, Egypt. The... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/12726.html
Agrium says that construction has not resumed at the Damietta, Egypt site of the company’s EAgrium (Cairo) joint venture fertilizer project. Work was halted on April 21 after... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/12587.html
A decision made today by the Egyptian Parliament brings into question Agrium's position in a $1.4-billion fertilizer complex that the company's majority-owned jv EAgrium (Cairo) is... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/12564.html
Shell Chemicals continues to shift its assets to Asia and the Mideast and says that a recently announced world-scale propylene oxide-styrene monomer (POSM) project will form part of... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/12467.html
Agrium says that construction has not resumed at the Damietta, Egypt site where its majority-owned jv EAgrium (Cairo) is building a turn-key fertilizer complex. Building was halted on... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/12394.html
Methanex says it has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a 200,000-m.t./year dimethyl ether (DME) plant with joint venture partner XinAo Group (Langfang, China) at Damietta... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/9414.html
Agrium says it is going ahead with construction of a previously announced, export-oriented fertilizer complex at Damietta, Egypt (CW, June 21, 2006, p. 18). The complex, including... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/6308.html
Uhde and Basell have confirmed their contributions to a previously announced propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene (PP) complex at Port Said, Egypt (CW, Nov. 29/Dec. 6, 2006, p... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/africa/egypt/5464.html
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