http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 8:01:30 EDT Ciba Specialty Chemicals has signed an agreement to form a joint venture with Astra Polymers to produce and sell customer-specific antioxidant blends to customers in the Mideast. The jv will be... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13925.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Riyadh) is mediating between Saudi International Petrochemical Co. (Sipchem; Al Khobar) and Sabic in talks that are expected to lead to Sabic... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13782.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13713.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Borealis has confirmed that a melamine plant is included in a feasibility study for a $20-billion “chemicals industrial city” at Taweelah, Abu Dhabi. Borealis and its parent... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13614.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Arabian Industrial Fibres Co. (Ibn Rushd; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia), an affiliate of Sabic, says it will build a 525,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant at Yanbu by 2012. The company has licensed... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13639.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13581.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT DUBAI.  July 9, 2008 – Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) announced today that it will be partnering again with Chemical Week to organize the Third Annual GPCA Forum... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13599.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Arabian Industrial Fibres Co. (Ibn Rushd, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia), an affiliate of Sabic, says it will build a 525,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant at Yanbu... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13481.html Wed, 6 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Air Liquide says its $200 million investment program in the Mideast is coming to fruition with several air separation plants already onstream while others are expected to begin production... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/13343.html Thu, 31 Jul 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/regions/middle_east/13324.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT