SERVICES

Agrium Earnings Rise 43%

Agrium today reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $193 million, or $1.20/share, up 43% from the year-ago period. Excluding a $134 million loss from discontinued operations, fourth-quarter earnings totaled $327 million, or $2.04/share. Discontinued...

Odfjell Reports Stable Losses Despite Increase in Sales

Odfjell says net losses in the fourth quarter of 2011 were $8 million, exactly the same net result as in the fourth quarter of 2010. Odjfell's sales and Ebitda increased 19% and 11% year over year, to $322 million and $31 million, respectively, in the fourth...

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Engineering & Construction

Shaw Awarded Contract for Ethylene Expansion in Turkey

The client is Petkim Petrokimiya....

Transportation

Chemicals Sector Rail Traffic Falls 4.1%

Chemicals sector rail traffic in North America fell 4.1% year-on-year during the week ended January 28, to 41,857 cars, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR...

Distribution

Chemicals Sector Rail Traffic Falls 1.9%

Chemicals sector rail traffic in North America declined 1.9% year-on-year for the week ended January 14, to 41,879 cars, according to the Association of American Railroads...

Information Technology

Chemical Firms Becoming More 'Customer-centric'

Chemical firms are starting to address certain shortfalls by becoming more customer-centric, according to observations of multiple chemical industry clients by Accenture. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) practices were first introduced about 10 years...

Environmental

Solvay Creates Energy Services Business

Solvay has created Solvay Energy Services, a new business selling expertise within the group and to third parties to optimize energy costs and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Solvay has described the formation of the new business as “the first concrete...

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