Indorama to shutdown Australian oxides plant after 50 years June 13, 2024 // 0 Comments Thailand integrated chemical firm Indorama says it will close its 100,00 tonnes/year integrated oxides and derivative [...]
Palm oil companies not adhering to global ESG standards due to investors, Singapore study says June 7, 2024 // 0 Comments With palm oil industries in Malaysia and Indonesia facing the biggest challenge in balancing environmental, social, and [...]
Lummus launches renewable DME technology June 4, 2024 // 0 Comments Process technology provider Lummus Technology has made commercial availability of CDDME, a new renewable dimethyl ether [...]
KBR/Sumitomo Chemical tie-up in licensing of PO process May 23, 2024 // 0 Comments Tech firm KBR and Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to make KBR an exclusive [...]
Honeywell’s naphtha-to-ethane/propane process to boost energy efficiency May 16, 2024 // 0 Comments Tech firm Honeywell has announced a transformational new naphtha to ethane and propane (NEP) process that will enable [...]
Chemanol to set up US$112 mn speciality chemicals facility in Jubail May 13, 2024 // 0 Comments Saudi-based methanol Chemicals Company (Chemanol) has signed a plot allocation agreement with Jubail and Yanbu Industrial [...]
OQ completes infrastructure for Röhm’s MMA plant in US April 22, 2024 // 0 Comments In a significant development, OQ Chemicals has achieved mechanical completion in its ‘Propel’ project, short for [...]
US researchers develop reactor to create propylene from gas March 26, 2024 // 0 Comments Researchers at the University of Michigan in the US have developed a new chemical reactor that creates propylene from [...]
Sibur reorganises plastics/rubber business to focus on Russia March 25, 2024 // 0 Comments In order to further develop industries that consume polypropylene, polyethylene and synthetic rubbers, Russian petchem firm [...]
BP to downsize capacity at German refinery March 12, 2024 // 0 Comments Due to challenging costs and declining demand, oil firm BP has announced plans to permanently close a third of the crude [...]