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June 15, 2012
Rebalancing Act: Capacities will be reduced at Mitsubishi’s Kashima complex. Mitsubishi Chemical says it will close permanently the company’s No. 1 naphtha cracker at...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Mitsubishi-Chemical-to-Close-Kashima-Cracker_44187.html June 15, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals has embarked on a major restructuring program for its polyurethanes (PU) business, which will involve sourcing isocyanates and other PU intermediates from Sabic and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Mitsui-Chemicals-Restructures-PU-Business-Closes-Chiba-PPG-Plant_44160.html June 15, 2012
Ambani: Aspiring to be among the five largest and most profitable petchems producers focused on the Indian market. Reliance Industries has announced that it will invest Rs1 trillion...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Reliance-to-Invest-$18-Billion-Aims-to-Double-Profit_44161.html June 15, 2012
Altana (Wesel, Germany) says its Elantas electrical insulation division has signed an agreement with Changzhou Lantian Ruiqi Chemical Co. (Changzhou, China) to acquire Changzhou...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Altana-Acquires-in-China_44186.html June 15, 2012
Sibur (Moscow) and Sinopec signed a cooperation agreement earlier this month, which will form the basis for the creation of a previously announced joint venture for the production of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Sibur-and-Sinopec-Move-Ahead-with-Synthetic-Rubber-JV-in-China_44188.html June 11, 2012
Major Japanese chemical companies reported mixed financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. Firms including Mitsubishi Chemical, Sumitomo Chemical, Asahi Kasei, and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Japanese-Firms-Report-Mixed-Full-Year-Results_43489.html June 1, 2012
United We Stand: Speakers at the APIC event said that 2016 would be the next peak of the petrochemical industry cycle. Speakers at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC)...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/APIC-2012-Asia-Is-a-Bright-Spot-Amid-Global-Uncertainty_43832.html June 1, 2012
The Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom; Beijing) has announced China’s second batch of rare earth export quotas for 2012, totaling 10,680 m.t. About 12 companies that passed tests...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/China-Sets-Latest-Batch-of-Rare-Earth-Export-Quotas_43852.html June 1, 2012
W.R. Grace says it has agreed to purchase fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst production assets operated by Noblestar Catalysts (Qingdao, China) at Qingdao, giving Grace immediate...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Grace-Buys-Chinese-Catalysts-Plant_43853.html June 1, 2012
Indorama Ventures (Bangkok) reported an 85% fall in net profits for the first quarter of 2012 compared with the year-ago period, to $55 million. First-quarter sales increased 27.7%, to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Indorama-Reports-Huge-Fall-in-First-Quarter-Profits_43854.html May 11, 2012
Leading Korean chemical companies reported falling profits in the first quarter of 2012. LG Chem (Seoul) posted a 42% fall in net profits for the first quarter, compared with the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Korean-Firms-Report-Falling-Profits_43284.html May 11, 2012
Sirisaengtaksin: Took over on May 1. PTT Global Chemical (Bangkok), Thailand’s largest integrated petrochemical and refining company, says its board has appointed Anon...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/PTT-Global-Appoints-New-CEO_43285.html May 11, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals has announced that its top executives will forfeit a part of their remuneration “as a sense of responsibility” following a recent accident at the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Mitsui-Executives-Forfeit-Pay-Following-Explosion_43286.html May 11, 2012
Sinopec’s chemicals segment, and the refining and chemicals business of PetroChina, each reported weak financial results for the first quarter of 2012. Sinopec’s chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Weak-First-Quarter-for-Sinopec-and-PetroChina_43283.html April 27, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals says that a fire broke out following an explosion on April 22 at a resorcinol plant at the company’s Iwakuni-Ohtake production complex at Waki, Japan. The blast...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Mitsui-Plant-Fire-Kills-One-Injures-21-Production-Halted_42982.html April 27, 2012
Reliance Industries says net profits for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012 decreased 21.2% compared with the same period of the previous year, to about Rs42.3 billion...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Reliance-Industries-Reports-Fall-in-Quarterly-Profits_42983.html April 27, 2012
Ube Industries says it has reached an agreement with Henan Zhongyuan Dahua Group (Puyang, China) and HighChem Co. (Tokyo), to establish a joint venture in China for manufacturing...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Ube-Forms-China-Dimethyl-Carbonate-Venture_42984.html April 20, 2012
BASF says it will spend €150 million ($197 million) to build a manufacturing site at Dahej on the western coast of India. The site will include facilities for producing polyurethanes...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/BASF-Invests-150-Million-to-Build-Site-at-Dahej-India_42778.html April 20, 2012
Kuraray has launched a business plan for the three-year period ending March 31, 2015, targeting a 47% rise in sales over the period. The company aims to record sales of ¥550 billion...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Kuraray-Announces-New-Three-Year-Business-Plan-Targets_42779.html April 20, 2012
Mitsui Chemicals says its Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello (Tokyo) subsidiary has agreed to establish a joint venture with SCG Chemicals, the chemical subsidiary of Siam Cement Group (SCG...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/asia_pacific/Mitsui-and-SCG-Form-LLDPE-Film-Venture-in-Thailand_42780.html |
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