Chemical Week :: Regions :: Western Europe :: U.K. http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:03:43 EDT Shell Doubles Its Planned Job Cuts The company also plans to 'improve' its chemicals assets.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25474.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Ineos Plans to Refinance Debt  Ineos says its plans to issue senior secured notes and term loans to prepay a significant proportion of its senior term loan debt. The notes and term loans have maturity of at least five... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25451.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT A Tribute to Ashok Kumar, Member of U.K.'s Parliament, Chemical Engineer and Industry Supporter CEO for NEPIC It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Dr Ashok Kumar MP for Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland. He was well respected by his colleagues in the Process... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25431.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Ineos in Preliminary Partnership Discussions with Mideast Investors Ineos is in preliminary discussions about the possibility of bringing in joint venture partners for, or selling, some of the company's assets, U.K. press reports say. The reports, quoting Tom... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25396.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Yara International Will Not Raise Offer for Terra Industries 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/regions/western_europe/uk/25370.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Four Injured in Explosion at Cristal Global's U.K. TiO2 Plant Four people have been injured following an explosion at the Stallingborough, U.K. manufacturing plant of titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Cristal Global (Cristal; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia). A reactor... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25197.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Ineos Considers Moving Headquarters from U.K. to Switzerland The possible move is aimed at cutting the company's tax bills.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25182.html Thu, 4 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Output Grows More Slowly Than Expected in the U.K. But the U.K. chemical industry still generates a healthy trade surplus.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25156.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST EU ETS Will Not Cause Carbon Leakage, Study Finds The implementation of the European Union (EU)’s more stringent emissions trading scheme (ETS) in 2013 will have little or no impact on carbon leakage-the effect of driving production to... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25128.html Tue, 2 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Ineos Closes PVC Plant Ineos ChlorVinyls, an Ineos subsidiary, says it will stop producing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at its Barry, U.K. plant due to declining demand. Production will cease by the end of the second... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/western_europe/uk/25018.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST