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December 21, 2012
The Ultrapar Group, parent company of Oxiteno (São Paulo), has announced it plans invest a total of 1.44 billion reais ($676 million) in 2013. The Ultrapar group also...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Oxitenos-2013-investments-focus-on-US-Mexico_48604.html December 20, 2012
Braskem Idesa (Mexico City), a joint venture of Brazil’s Braskem, and Mexico’s Grupo Idesa, say they have received final approval for a total of $3.2 billion in financing...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Idesa-finalizes-$3-2-billion-in-financing-for-Ethylene-XXI_48522.html December 19, 2012
Four companies are in competition to acquire Innova, the Brazilian styrenics firm owned by Petrobras, according to Valor Económico, a leading financial newspaper in Brazil...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Report-Firms-compete-to-acquire-Petrobras-styrenics-unit_48500.html December 19, 2012
Brazil state oil company Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro) says it has entered into an agreement with mining company Vale (Rio de Janeiro) to acquire Araucária Nitrogenados, in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Petrobras-to-acquire-Vales-Araucaria-Nitrogenados-for-$234-million_48497.html December 19, 2012
Yara International (Oslo) said today that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Bunge's fertilizer retail business in Brazil, significantly strengthening Yara's fertilizer...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Yara-to-acquire-Bunges-fertilizer-business-in-Brazil-for-$750-million_48206.html December 17, 2012
The US Trade Representative (USTR), Ron Kirk, has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to create a dispute settlement panel to review Argentina’s import restrictions on...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/USTR-seeks-WTO-dispute-resolution-for-Argentinas-import-restrictions_48450.html December 14, 2012
Oxea announced several price increases effective 1 January. In North America, i/n butanol, i/n butyl acetate and n butyraldehyde will increase by 5 cts/lb—i/n butanol to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/Oxea-announces-global-price-increases_48400.html December 14, 2012
Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB; La Paz, Bolivia) has awarded a conceptual engineering study to Tecnimont for an ethylene and polyethylene (PE) manufacturing...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/Bolivia-advances-petchem-project-with-study-award_48392.html December 14, 2012
MeadWestvaco Corp.’s subsidiary MWV Specialty Chemicals says it has completed the purchase of Brazilian-based Resitec Industria Quimica, a producer of products for the rubber...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/MeadWestvaco-acquires-Brazilian-pine-chemicals-company_48359.html December 13, 2012
Sika (Baar, Switzerland) says it has agreed to acquire Inatec (Asunción, Paraguay), the market leader in Paraguay in the area of construction chemicals. Financial details of the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/Sika-acquires-construction-chemicals-firm-in-Paraguay_48321.html December 11, 2012
Lehigh Technologies (Atlanta), a sustainable materials company specializing in micronized rubber powder (MRP), is expanding to Latin America with a distribution partnership with Andes...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/Lehigh-Technologies-to-expand-MRP-technology-into-Latin-America_48269.html December 10, 2012
BP says it plans to invest $350 million to expand its ethanol processing capabilities at its Tropical sugarcane mill in Goiás, Brazil. The investment, which includes...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/BP-announces-$350-million-sugarcane-ethanol-expansion_48240.html December 7, 2012
The US Trade Representative (USTR), Ron Kirk, has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to create a dispute settlement panel to review Argentina’s import restrictions on...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/US-seeks-WTO-review-of-Argentinas-import-restrictions_48214.html December 4, 2012
Imerys has announced a price increase for kaolin, effective 1 January. Kaolin is produced in the United States and Brazil, including calcined kaolin products, will increase by...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Imerys-increases-kaolin-prices_48138.html December 3, 2012
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA; Brussels) says it will highlight the important role that products of the global chemical industry play in achieving...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/ICCA-at-Cop-18-highlights-industrys-contribution-to-GHG-reductions_48107.html November 27, 2012
Ceres (Thousand Oaks, CA) says its Brazilian subsidiary, Ceres Sementes do Brasil, has signed a market development agreement with Syngenta to provide sweet sorghum as a source of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Syngenta-and-Ceres-collaborate-on-sweet-sorghum-development-in-Brazil_47937.html November 20, 2012
Mexico's state oil company Pemex (Mexico City) says it has restarted its ammonia unit at Ciudad Camargo, Chihuahua state. The plant has been offline since 2002 and was restarted with...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/Pemex-restarts-Camargo-ammonia-unit_47873.html November 19, 2012
US EPA and Louisiana state authorities have granted Methanex the air permits required to begin construction of a 1-million m.t./year methanol project in Geismar, LA. The project...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/Methanex-obtains-federal-state-permits-for-Geismar-methanol-complex_47825.html November 19, 2012
Perstorp says it has signed a new and extended distribution agreement with Grupo M.Cassab (São Paulo). Besides its role as the distributor for Perstorp’s range of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Perstorp-signs-distribution-deal-in-Brazil_47818.html November 15, 2012
Renewable oils firm Solazyme and agribusiness giant Bunge have signed a framework agreement to expand the global production capability of their tailored oils joint venture from the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Solazyme-and-Bunge-to-triple-size-of-renewable-oils-joint-venture_47723.html |
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