http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:25:12 EDT Egypt has decided to cancel EAgrium, a previously announced $1.4-billion fertilizer project at Ras el-Bar, Damietta, Egypt, a popular tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, following protests by local residents. Instead, the project will be built a few kms away across a local canal still at Damietta by Misr Oil Processing Co. (Mopco; Cairo).... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/13513.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Agrium’s second-quarter net income more than doubled, to $636 million ($4/share), on sales up 90%, to $3.8 billion. The recent... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/13484.html Wed, 6 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Those looking to make the case against decoupling—the idea that world economies can shrug off a weak U.S.—just need to look a bit north of the U.S., to Canada. Canadian chemical... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/13381.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Canadian chemical producers say they are bracing for a sharp drop in profitability this year amid fluctuating energy prices, a slow economy, and a rapid increase in the Canadian-U.S. dollar exchange rate. That drop, which some analysts expect to be as much as 30%, follows a record 2007. Chemical demand is also expected to continue to slide, especially if the Canadian dollar remains so strong, industry executives say.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/13417.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Methanex says it is considering building a coal-fired power plant at Cabo Negro, Chile that would allow natural gas used for the company’s methanol plants’ electricity needs to be... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/methanol/13429.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT SKC Chemicals Group (Seoul) has begun production of propylene oxide (PO) at Ulsan, Korea. The 100,000-m.t./year facility is the first commercial-scale plant to use novel hydrogen... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene_oxide/13395.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Fertilizer makers posted huge profit growth in the most recent quarter, as pricing gains more than offset slight declines in volumes. Mosaic reported net earnings of $862.5 million for its... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/13402.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Tight markets for agricultural crops pushed fertilizer sales volumes and prices higher in the first half, leading to record earnings for firms operating in mineral-rich sites in Canada... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/13418.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT A previously announced joint venture project between Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. (JPMC; Amman) and Mitsubishi Corp. for the construction of a sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid complex in Jordan... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/13324.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Spot ethylene prices in the U.S. have fallen almost 7 cts/lb since mid-July after a 12-week run that brought prices to a peak of 69 cts-70 cts/lb, market sources say. One spot deal was concluded... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/13276.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT