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Ma'aden restarts ammonia and diammonium phosphate plants

8:16 AM MDT | May 20, 2013 | Natasha Alperowicz

Saudi Arabian Mining Co.’s (Ma’aden; Riyadh) subsidiary Ma’aden Phosphate Co. (MPC) has restarted its ammonia manufacturing complex at Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia, the company announced today. The 1.1-million m.t./year ammonia plant was...


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Iran, Egypt, Turkey agree to form petrochemical industry association for developing countries

Iran, Egypt, and Turkey have agreed to form the core of a new industry association, the International Petrochemical Association, an OPEC-like body that will enable cooperation among stakeholders in the Developing 8 (D-8) countries, according to various...

Report: Kuwaiti cabinet suspends PIC officials pending K-Dow investigation

Senior officials of Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC; Kuwait City, Kuwait), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (Kuwait City), are to be suspended pending an inquiry into the payment of $2.2 billion to Dow Chemical following a decision in an emergency...

Talke and RSA Logistics form joint venture in Dubai

RSA Logistics (Dubai, UAE), a provider of transport and logistics services, and Talke (Hürth, Germany) said on Tuesday that they have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in Dubai. RSA-Talke, an equally owned partnership, will operate a chemicals...

Chiyoda and CTCI awarded $600-million contract for refinery in Qatar

Chiyoda and CTCI (Taipei) have been awarded an engineering, procurement, supply, construction, and commissioning contract for a previously announced Laffan 2 refinery at Ras Laffan, Qatar. The facility is being built by Laffan Refinery Co. Ltd. 2, a jv...

Iran outlines 2020 targets at 10th IPF conference

Iran on Monday, the first day of the 10th Iran Petrochemical Forum, outlined its petrochemical ambitions. Managing-director of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC; Tehran) Abdolhossein Bayat said, "Iran will have a share of 41% in the Middle East's...

Makhteshim to acquire majority stake in agchems company in Chile

Makhteshim Agan (Tel Aviv) and ChileAgro Solutions (Calera de Tango, Chile) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Makhteshim is to acquire a majority stake in ChileAgro, the companies announced today. Financial details of the transaction...

Iran holds 10th Petrochemical Forum, will raise share of Mideast petchems to 38%

The 10th Iran Petrochemical Forum opened in Tehran today. Investment program currently under way will lead to the country’s share of petrochemicals output rising from 24% to 38% of the Mideast’s total by 2015, said Ramezan Oladi, planning manager...

Sipchem starts up ethyl and butyl acetate complex at Al Jubail

Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem; Al Khubar, Saudi Arabia) has started up its ethyl acetate and butyl acetate manufacturing plant at Al Jubail. The facility is owned by Sipchem Chemicals, a wholly owned Sipchem subsidiary. The plant’s...

Merck KGaA leads international consortium to develop cobalt-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) is leading a consortium sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bonn) to develop cobalt-based, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) for use in photovoltaic and other indoor and outdoor applications, the...

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