Braskem, a major Brazilian petrochemicals company, may be forced to sell some assets to deleverage if economic conditions worsen in coming months, says US credit rating...

Braskem has completed the expansion of production capacity for its biobased ethylene plant in the petrochemical complex of Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Braskem and its controlling shareholder Novonor (formerly known as Odebrecht) have now confirmed a takeover offer from private equity investors Apollo and Abu Dhabi...

Following discussions that started last November, Brazilian polyolefins producer Braskem and Finnish technology and engineering company Coolbrook have now signed an...

Brazilian chemicals and plastics giant Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, has sealed a licensing deal with process engineering firm Lummus...

Lummus Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Braskem Netherlands, part of Brazilian petrochemical group Braskem, to license the latter’s green...

Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem has sought to play down reports that its shareholders are close to selling it. The Bloomberg news agency said last week that the...

Former Braskem CEO José Carlos Grubisich has pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiring to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...