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January 4, 2013
Work in progress: Complex at Coatzacoalcos is only Latin American project slated for start-up in near term. Braskem Idesa (Mexico City), a joint venture of Brazil’s Braskem and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Braskem-Idesa-finalizes-$3-2-billion-financing-package-for-Ethylene-XXI_48564.html January 3, 2013
SAE International (Warrendale, PA), a global group that sets voluntary technical standards for the automotive sector, says it is conducting an updated engineering review of the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/SAE-to-reassess-safety-of-HFC-replacement_48537.html January 3, 2013
Moss: Dialogue with EPA helped pare requirements. EPA has finalized its Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (CMAS) rule, and changes made will give industry more certainty and narrow...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/EPA-finalizes-CMAS-rule-extends-compliance-date_48536.html January 3, 2013
EPA says it is working on a “state of the science” paper to update its research on low-dose health effects for endocrine disruptors. The findings will provide information...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/EPA-proposes-assessment-review-model-for-endocrine_48535.html December 20, 2012
ACC says its Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB) for December was flat sequentially from the prior month after four months of consecutive gains. The CAB grew 2.8% from its year-ago level...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/ACCs-December-CAB-flat-growth-expected-in-2013_48585.html December 20, 2012
Saiden Chemical’s (Tokyo) acrylic emulsion polymers subsidiary in the United States has split off from its parent company in a buyout by local management. The new company will be...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Acrylic-emulsions-maker-splits-off-from-Saiden-Chemical_48586.html December 20, 2012
Solvay says it will restructure its worldwide soda-ash production capacities, including an increase in US production. Solvay plans to adjust operations in southern Europe and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Solvay-to-rebalance-soda-ash-capacities-expand-at-Green-River_48587.html December 20, 2012
Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro) has entered into an agreement with mining company Vale (Rio de Janeiro) to acquire Araucária Nitrogenados, in Araucária...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Petrobras-acquires-Vales-Auracária-fertilizer-business-report-predicts-takeover-of-Petrobrass-styrenics-unit-Innova_48583.html December 14, 2012
Researchers reviewing data sets compiled by the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) say in a recent study that they have been unable to establish a link...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Study-questions-methods-used-to-link-BPA-to-heart-disease_48349.html December 14, 2012
Soy struggles: Monsanto wins round in patent-term dispute. The Court of Justice of the State of Mato Grosso, in Brazil’s largest soybean-growing state, has ruled that Monsanto...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Monsanto-resumes-collection-of-RR-soybean-royalties-in-Brazil_48350.html December 14, 2012
Yara International (Oslo) has entered into an agreement to acquire Bunge’s fertilizer retail business in Brazil. The proposed transaction is valued at $750 million and will be...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Yara-to-buy-Bunges-Brazil-fertilizer-business_48351.html December 14, 2012
NO MERCURY: The membrane-cell unit at PPG’s Lake Charles chlor-alkali complex was installed in 2007. PPG Industries shut down its Lake Charles, LA, chlor-alkali complex on 28...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/PPGs-Lake-Charles-chlor-alkali-up-but-at-reduced-rates-after-outage_48376.html December 14, 2012
Albemarle is expanding its specialty chemical facility at Orangeburg, SC—a $65-million investment, the company says. Separately, the company has completed an expansion at its Tyrone...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Albemarle-expands-at-South-Carolina-Pennsylvania-sites_48368.html December 14, 2012
freeport: New Texas cracker expected to start in 2017. Dow Chemical says that cost reductions and capital spending curtailments will keep the company on track to meet a near-term...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Dow-adjusts-strategy-toslow-growth-world_48369.html December 14, 2012
3M says it is expanding production capacity at its Decatur, AL, site for polymers used to produce fluoroelastomers and polymer processing additives. Plans include upgraded equipment...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/3M-invests-in-Decatur-site-for-fluoroelastomers_48370.html December 14, 2012
Private equity firms Uni-World Capital (New York) and Brightwood Capital Advisors (New York) have acquired phosgene maker VanDeMark Chemical (Lockport, NY) from Buckingham Capital (New...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/VanDeMark-Chemical-changes-private-equity-owners_48371.html December 14, 2012
DuPont has broken ground on a $200-million cellulosic ethanol facility in Nevada, IA, the company announced Friday. Slated for completion in mid-2014, the facility is expected to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/DuPont-breaks-ground-on-$200-million-cellulosics-facility_48372.html December 14, 2012
McDonnell: TPC purchase to close by year end. TPC Group (Houston) shareholders voted to approved the sale of the company to First Reserve and SK Capital for $45/share. The deal values...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/TPC-Group-shareholders-approve-sale-to-SK-First-Reserve_48373.html December 14, 2012
Eastman Chemical executives expect to maintain double-digit annual earnings growth through 2015 as the company capitalizes on its portfolio transformation to primarily specialty...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Eastman-forecasts-double-digit-earnings-growth-through-2015_48374.html December 14, 2012
A senior Dow Chemical executive has lambasted a report, commissioned by the US Department of Energy (DOE), that concludes the US economy would benefit more from the export of...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Dow-DOEs-new-LNG-export-study-is-baffling-misleading_48375.html |
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