Dow Industrial Solutions to expand propionic acid facility in TexasDecember 20, 2017 // 2 CommentsDow Industrial Solutions, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has announced plans to expand its propionic acid [...]
Capacity expansions: Ineos to build PAO plant in Texas; Hanwha Total to build PE unit in South KoreaDecember 19, 2017 // 3 CommentsIneos Oligomers has made the Final Investment Decision (FID) to build a new world scale, low viscosity Polyalphaolefin (PAO) [...]
Japanese High Court orders suspension of a nuclear reactor in western JapanDecember 15, 2017 // 4 CommentsThe Hiroshima High Court ordered the suspension of a nuclear reactor at the Ikata power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western [...]
Fleeing genocide, the Rohingya community brings with them one key asset: solar panelsDecember 15, 2017 // 1 CommentRohingyas fleeing from genocide to neighbouring countries are bringing with them solar panels. When Rohingya refugees began [...]
Coal miners at ArcelorMittal widen strike, demand 100 % wage increaseDecember 13, 2017 // 1 CommentWorkers at ArcelorMittal – Kazakhstan’s biggest steel mill – has expanded their strike to all of the firm’s coal [...]
Vietnam to sell stakes in refinery, power firmDecember 11, 2017 // 5 CommentsVietnam’s government hopes to raise at least US$297 million by selling a 20 % stake in Petrovietnam Power Corporation and [...]
Sapura Energy has room for improvement in FY19 – DBS ResearchDecember 11, 2017 // 0 CommentsSapura Energy Bhd has room for improvement in its financial year ending Jan 31, 2019 (FY19) despite the challenging [...]
The world’s biggest lithium battery begins electricity supply to AustraliaDecember 8, 2017 // 3 CommentsTesla Inc switched on the world’s biggest lithium ion battery on Friday in time to feed Australia’s shaky power grid for [...]
General Electric to axe 12, 000 in business revampDecember 8, 2017 // 2 CommentsGeneral Electric Co announced recently that it will cut 12, 000 jobs in a business revamp. The U.S company launched the cuts [...]
Saltigo celebrates 50 years of pioneering chemistryDecember 4, 2017 // 4 CommentsSaltigo GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals company Lanxess, has not one, but two reasons to celebrate in [...]