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Archives :: Regions :: Australia/New Zealand
Displaying 1 - 20 of 249 stories.
June 17, 2013
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC), a group of leading apparel and footwear brands and retailers, has agreed to timelines for a phaseout of perfluorooctanoic acid, or C8, chemistry by January 2015, the group announced today....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Apparel-and-footwear-industry-group-agrees-to-2015-phaseout-of-PFOA-chemistry_52831.html June 12, 2013
Sojitz (Tokyo) and the government of Papua New Guinea have signed a memorandum of understanding to carry out a feasibility study into a gas chemical manufacturing project using natural...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Sojitz-signs-MOU-to-study-gas-chemical-project-in-Papua-New-Guinea_52774.html June 7, 2013
Cardia Bioplastics (Mulgrave, Australia) and biomolecular engineers at the University of Sydney are developing more cost-effective polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymers, Cardia has...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Australias-Cardia-Bioplastics-and-Univ-of-Sydney-researchers-develop-renewable-PPC-polymers_52691.html May 29, 2013
Lignol Energy Corp. (LEC; Vancouver) has become majority shareholder in Territory Biofuels (TBF; Darwin, Australia) after it acquired an additional 2.67 million shares in the company...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Canadas-Lignol-Energy-becomes-majority-owner-of-Australias-largest-biorefinery-production-to-restart-by-year-end_52327.html May 28, 2013
A. Schulman today announced a restructuring in its Europe, Mideast, and Africa business, under which the company will reduce headcount in that region because of economic difficulties...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Schulman-to-cut-jobs-in-Europe-sell-Australia-business_52331.html May 23, 2013
Orica (Melbourne) says it has signed a 10-year contract with Apatit (Kirovsk, Russia), a subsidiary of fertilizer company PhosAgro (Moscow), to supply explosives and blasting services...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Orica-and-PhosAgro-sign-10-year-mining-services-supply-contract_52261.html May 17, 2013
Air Liquide says it has acquired a 73.3% stake in Healthy Sleep Solutions (Sydney), a leading player in the field of diagnosis and treatment for patients with sleep disorders, notably...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Air-Liquide-acquires-home-health-care-firm-in-Australia_52128.html May 16, 2013
Brenntag says it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the distribution business of Blue Sky Environment (Brisbane, Australia). Blue Sky is a distributor of AdBlue with a national...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Brenntag-acquires-AdBlue-distributor-in-Australia_52048.html May 7, 2013
Orica (Melbourne) reports a 5.3% rise in net profits for the fiscal first half, ended 31 March, compared with the year-ago period, to A$266.8 million ($271.8 million). First-half sales...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Orica-reports-rise-in-profits-and-sales_51799.html April 29, 2013
Potash Minerals (West Perth, Australia) has been awarded a potash exploration permit for its K2O Utah Hatch Point exploration project by the US Bureau of Land Management (Washington)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Australias-Potash-Minerals-awarded-exploration-permit-for-Utah-project_51552.html April 18, 2013
Air Liquide says it is making an equity investment in Hydrexia (Brisbane, Australia) through its subsidiary Aliad, which is focused on investing in technology start-ups. Hydrexia...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Air-Liquide-invests-in-Australian-firm_51265.html April 17, 2013
Galaxy Resources (Perth, Australia), an integrated lithium mining and chemicals company with lithium production facilities, hard rock mines, and brine assets in Australia, China...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Galaxy-Resources-ramps-up-lithium-carbonate-output-in-China-to-meet-demand_51227.html April 16, 2013
BASF says it welcomes the High Court of Australia's decision to uphold findings that SNF Australia (Lara, Australia) has infringed BASF’s Rheomax enhanced tailings disposal (ETD)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Australian-high-court-upholds-findings-that-SNF-infringed-BASFs-Rheomax-ETD-patents_51196.html April 15, 2013
Evonik in North America is traveling around the United States to display its Wind Explorer 200-lb lightweight electric vehicle after recently completing a nearly 3,000-mile trip across...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/-debuts-electric-car_51127.html April 12, 2013
Elemental Minerals (Perth, Australia) says it has received a nonbinding offer for the company from Dingyi Group Investment (Hamilton, Bermuda) to acquire the company for a cash price...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Australias-Elemental-Minerals-receives-takeover-offer_51152.html April 12, 2013
Elemental Minerals (Perth, Australia) has commenced Phase 3A drilling at the Kola deposit on the company’s Sintoukola Potash Project in the Republic of the Congo, the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Elemental-Minerals-begins-drilling-at-Republic-of-the-Congo-potash-mine_49532.html April 10, 2013
Biobased plastics production requires only 0.006% of the 5-billion hectare global agricultural area, according to data recently published by industry body European Bioplastics...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Industry-association-Biobased-plastics-land-use-does-not-pose-threat-to-food-crops_51042.html April 8, 2013
Orica (Melbourne) says that chairman Peter Duncan will retire at the next annual general meeting, in January 2014, and Russell Caplan has been elected to succeed Duncan as chairman...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Orica-appoints-new-chairman_50984.html April 4, 2013
Shell says that its Shell Australia (Melbourne) subsidiary has put its refinery at Geelong, Australia, up for sale. The proposed sale of the 120,000-bbl/day refinery is in line with...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Shell-puts-refinery-in-Australia-up-for-sale_50947.html April 3, 2013
W. R. Grace says it has acquired Chemind Construction Products (Brisbane, Australia), a privately held specialty manufacturer and distributor of waterproofing coatings technologies and...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/australia_new_zealand/Grace-acquires-waterproofing-technology-and-capacity-in-Australia_50918.html |
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