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<title>Chemical Week :: Regions :: Middle East :: Iran</title>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com</link>
<description>Chemical Week</description>
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<copyright>2008</copyright>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:44:11 EST</pubDate>

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<title>Iran Names New NPC Head</title>
<description>Nejadsalim: Stepping up at NPC. Iran’s petroleum minister, Gholam Hossein Nozari, has appointed Adel Nejadsalim as the new managing director...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/14446.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran Names New NPC Head</title>
<description>Iran's petroleum minister Gholam Hossein Nozari has appointed Adel Nejadsalim as the new managing director of the National Petrochemical Co., local reports say. Nejadsalim, managing...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/14366.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>GPIC to Build CO2 Plant; Awards Consultancy Contract</title>
<description>Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC; Manama, Bahrain) says it has awarded contracts to Tecnimont and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build a carbon dioxide (CO2) recycling plant at the...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/14044.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Israel Chemicals Second-Quarter Profits Soar</title>
<description>Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL; Tel Aviv) has reported a 445% increase in net profits to $703.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. And sales for the period increased by 116% to $2.07...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/13713.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sun Pharma Gets U.S. FTC Approval for Taro Tender Offer</title>
<description>Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Mumbai) says the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC; Washington DC) has given clearance for the previously announced tender offer by Alkaloida Chemical Company...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/13581.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran: A Major Player in Waiting</title>
<description>Iran is preparing to become a major player in international petrochemical markets, said speakers at the 8th Iran Petrochemical Forum (IPF), held recently in Tehran. National Petrochemical Co...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/13141.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran's NPC to be Privatized Subsidiary by Subsidiary</title>
<description>National Petrochemical Co. (NPC; Tehran) will not be privatized as one whole as was previously anticipated, according to a report in the Iranian Economic Digest (IED). Quoting the head of...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/12798.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Linde Lands to Work on Iran’s Olefins 12 Complex</title>
<description>National Petrochemical Co. (NPC; Tehran) has appointed Linde to carry out preliminary engineering work on the planned Persian Gulf Petrochemical olefins complex at Assaluyeh, Iran, CW has...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/12742.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran Splits Ethylene Pipeline; Adds Downstream Unit</title>
<description>National Petrochemical Co. (NPC; Tehran) says it has split into two a major project to build an ethylene pipeline in the west of Iran, and that it will build an additional downstream facility...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/12605.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran Aims to Overtake Saudi Arabia in Petchems; NPC Sale Advances</title>
<description>Iranian officials say the country is on course to overtake Saudi Arabia and become the biggest petrochemicals manufacturer in the Mideast following a massive investment program in Iran spanning...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/iran/12103.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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