China to raise import duty on US ethanol to 70% June 19, 2018 // 2 Comments In a tit-for-tat move, against the recent import hikes by the US on Chinese goods, China’s Ministry of Commerce says [...]
Syngenta has agreements with 30 corn-based ethanol plants in the US June 19, 2018 // 2 Comments US-based agriculture firm Syngenta says that it has agreements in place with more than 30 ethanol plants with a combined [...]
LyondellBasell in talks with Odebrecht for purchase of Braskem; deal valued at US$9 bn June 18, 2018 // 1 Comment Netherlands-headquarered LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, and [...]
Dow to expand glycol ethers capacity and invest in an alkoxylation facility on US Gulf Coast June 18, 2018 // 7 Comments US-based Dow Chemical Company says it will make a series of phased, incremental investments to expand its global glycol [...]
Clariant collaborates with Hydrogenious in hydrogen storage and logistics technology June 12, 2018 // 1 Comment Speciality chemicals firm Clariant says that its Catalysts business has formed an alliance with clean energy company, [...]
AkzoNobel’s largest powder coatings plant opens in China June 5, 2018 // 2 Comments Netherlands-headquartered chemicals firm AkzoNobel’s has started up its new powder coatings plant in Changzhou, China. [...]
Toyo awarded biomass-fired power plant project in Japan June 5, 2018 // 2 Comments Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a 50-MW-class biomass power plant [...]
Ineos to build ENB plant; Asia/Middle East locations June 5, 2018 // 1 Comment Chemicals firm Ineos says that it has launched a feasibility study as it plans to build a new world-scale Ethylidene [...]
Future-proofing of Perstorp’s UK caprolactone monomer plant on course June 4, 2018 // 2 Comments Swedish chemicals maker Perstorp has made significant progress in ‘future-proofing’ its Capa caprolactone monomer plant [...]
Tianhong Chemical to produce propylene in China June 4, 2018 // 3 Comments China’s Shandong Tianhong Chemical Co., Ltd. has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex propane dehydrogenation (PDH) [...]