Since early April, the BASF-Total steam cracker has been able to produce up to 40% of its ethylene from ethane and another 40% from butane and propane....
The low cost of natural gas gives US chlor-alkali producers a great advantage on the global market, but capitalizing on the opportunity means maintaining the industry’s strong safety record. Supporting that objective is a primary mission of the Chlorine...
Demand for chlor-alkali products is growing on the back of recovery in the construction sector, but the benefit will not be spread evenly around the globe, according to Steve Brien, senior director/global inorganics at IHS Chemical. Brien, who delivered a...
India has proposed to build a urea manufacturing plant at the petrochemicals hub at Chahbahar, Iran, using natural gas as feedstock, Iranian news agencies report. India has also agreed to provide Iran with financial assistance to develop the Chahbahar port...
ICA Fluor, the construction joint venture of Empresas ICA and Fluor, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a titanium dioxide (TiO2) train at DuPont’s complex at Altamira, Mexico. ICA Fluor will be responsible for construction...
Oxea announced that it has successfully started operations at its new carboxylic acids plant at Oberhausen, Germany—boosting the company’s carboxylic acid production capacity by about 40%, the company says. Construction, which took place over 15...
Celanese says it plans to launch a sale process for its acetic anhydride plant at Roussillon, France, and its vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant at Tarragona, Spain. Celanese says it is "taking the appropriate time to find a credible buyer for both units...
Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG; Kuala Lumpur) is striving to optimize its product portfolio and maximize margins through active molecule management and prioritizing production of higher-value products, PCG chairman Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin tells the Malaysian...
Ineos Nitriles has signed a heads of terms agreement with Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group to create an equally owned joint venture to produce acrylonitrile, the company announced today. The new partnership will build and operate a 260,000-m.t./year...
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