http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:17:30 EDT Reliance Industries is in talks with Brazilian oil company Petrobras to set up two petrochemical joint ventures in Brazil, which could involve a total investment of up to $6 billion, according... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13749.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Air Products says it has acquired Harvest Energy Technology (Sun Valley, CA), a firm specializing in fuel processing technology for hydrogen infrastructure applications. Terms were not... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13750.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Alternative movement: Hydrogen cars hit the road. Air Products and Linde are providing mobile refueling stations and hydrogen fuel for the Hydrogen Road Tour, a 31-stop, cross-country trek of... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13751.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Investment firm Denham Capital (Boston) says it will gain majority ownership of calcium chloride (CaCl2) and caustic soda producer CariSal (Port of Spain, Trinidad) through an equity investment... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13752.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Cargill reported earnings from continuing operations of $744 million for its fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31, up 18% over the... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13753.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Altana says it has agreed to acquire the effect pigment business of United States Bronze Powders (USBP; Flemington, NJ). Terms were not disclosed. USBP’s effect... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13754.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lanxess says it plans to combine its Canadian and U.S. operations into one regional unit that will be based in Pittsburgh. Both Lanxess Corp., the North... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13755.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Chevron says it plans to build a 25,000 bbl/day base oil plant at its Pascagoula, MS refinery. The... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13756.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT AkzoNobel says it has agreed to sell its Crown Paints decorative paints business in the U.K. and Ireland to private equity firm Endless Investments (Leeds, U.K.). Akzo has also agreed to sell... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13757.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Shook: Upbeat about sales volumes. Second-quarter basic chemical results fell in Europe because of rapidly rising raw material costs. Total’s chemical business posted a 70% fall in... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/news_briefs/13758.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT