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July 19, 2011
Dow Chemical and Mitsui & Co. say they have agreed to form a joint venture in Brazil for the production of ethanol and biobased polymers to supply the global high-performance flexible packaging, hygiene, and medical markets. Financial terms were not disclosed....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Dow-and-Mitsui-and-Co-to-Form-Ethanol-Based-Polymers-JV-in-Brazil_36241.html July 13, 2011
White Martins, the Brazilian subsidiary of Praxair, says it has inked a 15-year nitrogen and oxygen supply agreement with Braskem. White Martins will build and operate a 200 tons/day...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Inks-Gases-Supply-Agreement-for-PVC-Plant_36124.html July 1, 2011
Haldor Topsøe has signed a contract with Rio Seco (Lima), a wholly owned subsidiary of Buenaventura SA (Lima), for the supply of a wet process sulfuric acid (WSA) plant to the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/Haldor-Topsøe-to-Supply-Wet-Process-Sulfuric-Acid-Plant-to-Peruvian-Firm_35906.html June 30, 2011
A. Schulman says it has agreed to purchases a 51% stake Argentina-based rotational-molding firm Surplast (Buenos Aires) for $1.4 million. Alta Plastica (Buenos Aires)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/Schulman-Acquires-Majority-Stake-in-Surplast_35894.html June 29, 2011
BASF Crop Protection and Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa; Brasilia), a leading Brazilian agricultural research institute, have signed an agreement to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/BASF-and-Embrapa-Sign-Brazilian-Agchems-Cooperation_35838.html June 20, 2011
The U.S. Senate has voted to repeal ethanol tax subsidies, reversing course on what has been a long-standing political imperative led by U.S. lawmakers representing farm states. A...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/U-S-Lawmakers-Vote-to-Repeal-Ethanol-Tax-Subsides_35604.html June 6, 2011
Cargill says it has opened a food and beverage industry application center at Sao Paulo, Brazil. The R$20 million ($12.6 million) facility includes laboratories dedicated to flavors...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Cargill-Opens-Application-Lab-in-Brazil_35313.html June 2, 2011
Shell and Cosan say they have launched their previously announced $12-billion ethanol and transportation fuel joint venture in Brazil, creating the country’s third-largest fuel company. The jv, named Raizen, will produce and sell over 2 billion liters of sugarcane-based ethanol and distribute over 20 billion liters of other industrial and transport fuels through Shell-branded stations annually. Raizen is also expected to export ethanol to key markets in coming years, Shell and Cosan say....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Shell-and-Cosan-Launch-Brazilian-Ethanol-Joint-Venture_35248.html June 2, 2011
Braskem’s chlor-alkali unit at its Maceio facility at Alagoas, Brazil will remain shut following a chlorine leak and subsequent pipeline rupture on May 21 and May 23...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Chlor-Alkali-Unit-Remains-Offline-Following-Accident_35244.html June 1, 2011
Chinese lithium manufacturer Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium (Jiangxi) has acquired 9.99% of International Lithium Corp (ICL; Vancouver), which is working to develop a lithium brine project in Argentina....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/China-Closes-Strategic-Lithium-Transaction-in-Latin-America_35220.html June 1, 2011
Air Liquide says it has decided to invest €25 million ($35 million) to build a new gases plant in the Santiago region, close to Chile’s main markets. The plant will have a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/Air-Liquide-to-Build-Gases-Plant-in-Chile_35202.html May 31, 2011
Invista says it will invest over $100 million to build a spandex fiber plant at its facility in Paulínia, Brazil. The plant is due onstream in late 2012. Capacity was not...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Invista-To-Build-Spandex-Fiber-Plant-in-Brazil_35121.html May 25, 2011
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) reported net income of $111.4 million in its fiscal first quarter ended March 31, up 46% from the same period last year. Sales rose 245...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/SQMs-Profits-Rise-on-Robust-Demand_35030.html May 24, 2011
Sigma-Aldrich has acquired Vetec Quimica Fina (Xerem, Brazil) to broaden its distribution channel in Latin America. Vetec provides technical qualification, purification...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Sigma-Aldrich-Buys-Latin-American-Specialty-Chemicals-Firm_35011.html May 23, 2011
Braskem says it has opened a new office in Singapore, the company’s first office in Asia. The new office will enable Braskem to provide more personal services to its clients in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Opens-Office-in-Singapore_34979.html May 16, 2011
YPF, Argentina’s largest energy company, says it has discovered a large shale deposit at its Loma La Lata field, estimated to hold 257 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of natural gas...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/Argentina-Boosts-Shale_34784.html May 12, 2011
Marubeni (Tokyo) says it has entered into a long-term purchase agreement with Braskem for butadiene. This long-term contract is valued at about $550 million, Marubeni says. Braskem is...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Marubeni-and-Braskem-Sign-Deal-for-Butadiene_34787.html May 12, 2011
The Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) agreement, outlined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris), ensures that the results of non-clinical safety tests done on chemicals and chemical products, such as industrial chemicals and pesticides, do not have to be generated for second time, OECD says....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Brazil-Joins-OECD-Chemical-Data-Program_34798.html May 6, 2011
BASF reported a "powerful start to 2011" with first-quarter Ebitda advancing 28% compared with the prior-year period, to €3.4 billion ($4.98 billion) on sales 25%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/BASF-Reports-Strong-Results-as-Kurt-Bock-Takes-the-Helm_34657.html April 12, 2011
Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff has instructed state oil company Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro) to help stabilize ethanol prices by raising production, a two year project that will...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Petrobras-Steps-Up-Ethanol-Production-to-Stem-Soaring-Prices_34067.html |
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