Koch Nitrogen has announced plans to build a new urea plant at its Enid, OK, facility. In addition, the company is revamping existing production processes at the facility. Combined, the investments are estimated at $1 billion and are expected to increase...
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...
Oxea has announced that it has completed a previously announced feasibility study to expand production of oxo products at its Bay City, TX, facility. The expansion will enable the company to add new products to the portfolio and increase output by 25%. The...
In a public briefing on Thursday, Robert Champion, the agent in charge of the Dallas office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF), says the cause of the explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. that occurred on 17 April, killing 14...
According to UOP, it will be the world’s largest on-purpose propylene facility, with a production capacity greater than 1 million m.t./year....
The adjusted earnings per share loss of 45 cts fell short of the analyst consensus estimated loss of 21 cts/share....
Isagro (Milan) reports a €3.3-million ($4.3 million) net loss during the first quarter of 2013 compared with a €668,000 profit in the same period last year. Ebitda also contracted to €1.01 million during the reporting period compared with...
Arkema's first-quarter adjusted net income contracted by 21.1% from €123 million ($159.7 million) in the first quarter of 2012, to €97 million, the company announced today. Ebitda fell 7.5% to €234 million in the first quarter, from €253...
The Phosphate Chemicals Export Association (PhosChem) said on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to supply 400,000 m.t. of diammonium phosphate to 2 undisclosed "large Indian customers" for shipment between now and September this year...
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