http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:58:57 EDT Nova Chemicals says that reduced shipments of natural gas through Alberta are likely to constrain its ethane feedstock supplies for its Joffre, AB site this year.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/25436.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP; Casablanca), the global leader in phosphate rock and derivatives market, and Jacobs Engineering have formed an equally owned joint venture, Jacobs... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/phosphorous/25433.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Larsen & Toubro (L&T; Mumbai) says it has secured a contract valued at Rs.20350 million ($447 million) from ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd (OMPL; Mangalore, India) for its previously... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/benzene/25394.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Mitsui Chemicals says it has temporarily suspended operations at its 553,000-m.t./year ethylene plant at Ichihara, Japan, to conduct repairs and maintenance. Operations at the ethylene plant were first... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/25369.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Dow Chemical has declared force majeure on phenol in the Americas due to “circumstances beyond its reasonable control.” The company’s Oyster Creek, TX phenol facility, which... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/phenol/25376.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Yara International said today that it will not raise its offer for Terra Industries to match or exceed a bid form CF Industries Holdings.  Yara agreed last month to buy Terra for $4.1... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/25370.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals (Pune, India), in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange (Mumbai), says it has entered into non-binding commercial negotiations with mining services... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/25371.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST The company raised its guidance significantly due to rebounding potash demand and improving nitrogen and phosphate margins.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/25377.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST  Terra Industries says it has accepted CF Industries' $47.40/share offer, which was made on March 2. The offer values Terra at about $4.72 billion. Terra has informed Yara International... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/25267.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Operations at the Ras Laffan Olefins Co. (RLOC) ethylene unit in Ras Laffan, Qatar are expected to start this month, according to Chevron, parent of one of the joint venture partners in the project.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/25257.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST