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February 3, 2010
The jv will have an annual production capacity of 2 billion liters/year of ethanol....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Shell-Cosan-Plan-$12-Billion-Fuel-Venture-in-Brazil_24514.html January 29, 2010
The company has agreed to acquire assets from Yara after agreeing recently to purchase Bunge's Brazilian fertilizer assets....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Mining-Company-Vale-to-Buy-More-Fertilizer-Assets-in-Brazil_24487.html January 27, 2010
The proposed deal is valued at $3.8 billion....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Mining-Firm-to-Buy-Bunges-Fertilizer-Assets-in-Brazil_24377.html January 22, 2010
Braskem parent Odebrecht (São Paulo) and Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro) have announced their agreement to merge Braskem with rival thermoplastics...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Petrobras-Agree-on-Terms-for-Nova-Braskem-Merger_24318.html December 29, 2009
Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro) says it has received a R$2.6 billion ($1.48 billion) loan from Brazil’s economic development bank BNDES (Rio de...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Petrobras-Advances-Suape-Polyester-Complex_23811.html December 28, 2009
U.S. agribusiness firm Bunge (White Plains, NY) says it has agreed to purchase Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Unisa Moema Participações (Moema; São Paulo)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Bunge-Buys-Sugar-Ethanol-Assets-in-Brazil_23788.html December 9, 2009
A group of 25 companies from France and Brazil, including Rhodia, have made a joint commitment to develop industrial partnerships aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/French-and-Brazilian-Firms-Collaborate-to-Cut-Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions_23361.html December 1, 2009
The U.S. chemicals sector is in recovery mode, but growth in coming years will be moderate, according to ACC's annual year-end outlook. U.S. chemicals output is expected to fall 6.2%...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/ACC-Sees-Moderate-Growth-Ahead_23199.html November 13, 2009
The approvals from Brazil's National Biosafety Committee cover Syngenta's MIR162 and Bt11xGA21 corn, the company says....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Syngenta-Gains-Brazilian-Approvals_22802.html November 5, 2009
Dow Corning says it has acquired the Brazilian operations of Globe Specialty Metals (GSM; New York), including two chemical-grade silicon manufacturing assets, for $175 million, and also acquired a 49% interest in GSM's silicon metal manufacturing operation at Alloy, WV for an undisclosed sum....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Dow-Corning-Acquires-Silicon-Assets_22603.html November 3, 2009
Braskem says it has resumed studies to expand suspension polyvinyl chloride capacity by 210,000 mt./year at Alagoas state in Brazil, bringing the plant's total capacity to 470,000...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Mulls-PVC-Expansion_22569.html October 16, 2009
ETH Bioenergia (São Paulo) has signed a three-year contract to supply ethanol for Braskem’s “green polyethylene” unit under construction at Triunfo. The...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/ETH-to-Supply-Braskems-Green-PE-Plant_22146.html October 1, 2009
The company will acquire 26% of a Geosol subsidiary, eventually increasing its stake to 90%....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Sud-Chemie-Forms-Bentonite-JV-in-Brazil_21769.html September 21, 2009
Solvay Indupa (Buenos Aires) says it has permanently closed its Brazilian polyethylene unit at Santo André, São Paulo state. The slurry, high density polyethylene (HDPE)...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Solvay-Indupa-Shuts-Sao-Paulo-PE-Unit_21534.html September 17, 2009
DuPont says it has tremendous opportunities for growth in the emerging markets and that the company expects to have sales of about $13 billion in the emerging markets by 2012. Economic...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/DuPont-Expects-Sales-of-$13-billion-in-Emerging-Markets-by-2012_21444.html September 15, 2009
BASF says it will sell its Brazilian polystyrene (PS) business to Companhia Brasileira de Estireno (CBE), a subsidiary of Unigel (Sao Paulo). The deal includes BASF’s...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/BASF-Sells-Brazilian-Polystyrene-Business_21388.html September 4, 2009
Braskem and Quattor have confirmed they are in the initial stages of discussing a possible merger, giving rise to the possibility of the new entity having a monopoly in domestic...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Quattor-Confirm-Talks-of-Possible-Alliance_21204.html August 24, 2009
Braskem says that "so far there is no final result or commitment, not even preliminary, nor a deadline expected for the conclusion of these conversations....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Quattor-Discuss-Possible-Alliance_20998.html July 30, 2009
Braskem (São Paulo) says it has entered into an agreement with Brazilian plastics firm Acinplas for the supply of green polyethylene (PE). The resin will be used to manufacture...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-Signs-Deal-for-Supply-of-Green-PE_20526.html July 9, 2009
Cristal Global says it will increase prices on all of its anatase and rutile Tiona-brand and Cristal-brand titanium dioxide (TiO2) by 3 cts/lb in North America and $150/m.t. in Brazil...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Cristal-Global-Hikes-TiO2-Prices-Again_20056.html |
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