17.01.2015
- As the UK government's push to repeat the US shale gas boom on its own soil moved up a notch in late 2014 with the sale of exploration licenses, Ineos revealed plans to expand...
24.09.2014
- French chemical producer Arkema has offered to acquire German adhesives manufacturer Bostik from its former parent company, oil and petrochemicals major Total. Arkema did not say...
02.09.2014
- As a consultant specializing in the chemical industry in China, I often get asked for attractive areas in the industry - mostly by companies looking to expand their business. I am...
21.07.2014
- The US has set steep import duties on Chinese chemicals used in sanitizing water after finding the products were being sold too cheaply. In a preliminary decision, the Department...
30.05.2014
- Saudi Petrochemical giant Sabic and Korean petrochemical producer SK Global Chemical have agreed to establish a $595 million, 50:50 manufacturing joint venture for high-performance...
07.05.2014
- BASF and Chinese state-owned petrochemical giant Sinopec plan to build a new 40,000 t/y plant for neopentylglycol (NPG) at the integrated production site in Nanjing, China...
24.03.2014
- After reporting a 35% earnings decline for the 2013 fourth quarter, Chinese oil and petrochemicals giant Sinopec said it would cut capital spending to just under $26.2 billion in...
21.03.2014
- Ineos is suing Shanghai Research Institute, a subsidiary of China's largest petrochemicals producer Sinopec, in the Beijing high court for allegedly violating the Swiss-based...
