Rhodium jumps to two-month high; market sources cite speculative buying

Rhodium jumps to two-month high; market sources cite speculative buying

Rhodium prices surged above $1,100/oz this week on buying by speculative investors following news that Anglo American Platinum Rhodium jumps to two-month high; market sources cite More...

SK Capital to buy Clariant’s three businesses

SK Capital to buy Clariant's three businesses

SK Capital Partners has signed asset and share purchase agreements to acquire Clariant’s textile chemicals, paper specialties and SK Capital to buy Clariant's three More...

GMR to build new refinery and petrochemicals complex in India

GMR to build new refinery and petrochemicals complex in India

GMR Holdings, the holding company of GMR Group, has announced a five-year project to set up a refinery-cum-petrochemicals GMR to build new refinery and petrochemicals complex More...

Tata Chemicals cons Q2 profit falls 6.8

Tata Chemicals cons Q2 profit falls 6.8%

Tata Chemicals reported a rise of 6.77% in net profit for the quarter ended September 2012. Tata Chemicals cons Q2 profit falls 6.8 During the quarter, the consolidated net profit More...

Saudi’s Yansab cuts PE, PP shipments for up to two months – buyers

Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (Yansab) has reduced allocations to customers for up to two months because of an extended outage at Saudi's Yansab cuts PE, PP shipments for More...

Mitsubishi, Toyo Thai to build seawater desalination plant in Qatar

Mitsubishi, Toyo Thai to build seawater desalination plant in Qatar

TOKYO, JAPAN/DOHA, QATAR: Mitsubishi Corporation together with Toyo Thai Corporation Public Company Limited have concluded More...

Mr. Sunil Jain, President, Rajoo Engineers

Mr. Sunil Jain, President, Rajoo Engineers

Good afternoon, today we have with us Mr. Sunil Jain, President, Rajoo Engineers, Rajkot, India. Mr. Sunil Jain, More...

Ineos, Tianjin Bohai to build acrylonitrile plant in Tianjin, China Ineos, Tianjin Bohai to build acrylonitrile plant in Tianjin, China

TIANJIN, CHINA: Ineos Nitriles and Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group Corporation have signed a non binding...

China propane imports to surge on new PDH projects China propane imports to surge on new PDH projects

China will need to import 11.91m tonnes/year of propane to ensure feedstock supply for its 17 new propane dehydrogenation (PDH)...

CHINAPLAS '13 Restocking to buoy up China PE, PP in Q3 CHINAPLAS ’13: Restocking to buoy up China PE, PP in Q3

China’s polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) import prices may increase in the third quarter as buyers are expected to replenish...

Mitsui, Prime Polymer to build metallocene polymer plant in Singapore

Mitsui, Prime Polymer to build metallocene polymer plant in Singapore

SINGAPORE: Prime Evolue Singapore Pte. Ltd (EVLS), a joint venture of Prime Polymer Co Ltd and Mitsui & More...

Chiyoda JV receives condensate refinery contract in Qatar

Japan-based Chiyoda, along with its partner CTCI Corporation, has received an engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning (EPSCC) contract for the..

Air Products to construct air-separation unit in South Africa

Air Products is planning to construct a new air-separation unit in the Eastern Cape’s Port Elizabeth Coega Industrial Development Zone, in South Africa...

KBR bags FEED contract for LNG export facility in Canada

KBR bags FEED contract for LNG export facility in Canada

HOUSTON, US: KBR was awarded a contract by Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned More...

Airgas names Chuck Broadus as President, South Division

RADNOR, US: Chuck Broadus has been named Airgas Division President – South Division effective 1 July 2013, succeeding Mike Rohde who..

BASF licenses Genomatica technology for butanediol production

BASF has licensed US-based Genomatica’s technology to manufacture 1,4-butanediol, based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO), which will be available in the..

Endress+Hauser Releases White Paper Showing How To Maintain pH Sensors

Endress+Hauser Releases White Paper Showing How To Maintain pH Sensors Endress+Hauser introduces “pH Sensors: Know whether to calibrate the sensor, clean the sensor, perform a calibration check or …?,” a non-commercial..
Syngenta to invest $77 million in corn seed facility expansion in Brazil

Syngenta to invest $77 million in corn seed facility expansion in Brazil

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND: Syngenta plans to invest $77 million in the expansion of its corn seed production facility in Formosa, Brazil. Annual..
Air Products commissions DOE carbon-capture facility

Air Products commissions DOE carbon-capture facility

Air Products has commissioned its carbon capture project in Port Arthur, Texas, US, as part of the US Department of Energy..
National Chemical Policy to help sector raise its share in manufacturing to 25%: President Pranab Mukherjee

National Chemical Policy to help sector raise its share in manufacturing to 25%: President Pranab Mukherjee

MUMBAI: President Pranab Mukherjee said in Mumbai on Thursday that the National Chemical Policy, being prepared by the government, would help..