11.04.2016
- Two fires that broke out at the respective refineries of LyondellBasell and ExxonMobil in the Houston, Texas, area on Apr. 7 and 8 are believed to have caused extensive damage, but...
20.11.2015
- Chemours, which encompasses the Performance Chemicals business spun off from DuPont in July, has said it will sell its Beaumont, Texas, plant to Dow Chemical, one of its main...
13.10.2015
- Citing a decline in demand in North America and an oversupplied global market, US nylon specialist Invista has announced plans to close its 220,000 t/y adipic acid plant at Orange...
18.06.2015
- Swiss fine chemicals producer Lonza will more than double its capacity for production of viral gene and virally modified therapeutics with the construction of a new 100,000 square...
27.03.2015
- AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest more than €20 million in its organic peroxide production facilities in Mons, Belgium, and Houston (Pasadena), Texas, in the US. In Mons, the...
17.11.2014
- Four workers employed by DuPont were killed and one was injured in the early morning hours of Nov.15 during a leak methyl mercaptan at a production facility of the US chemical...
05.05.2011
- Reliance Industries plans to invest up to $12 billion in the chemicals business to tap the market for hygiene and healthcare products and will look at developing a new rubber...
24.06.2010
- Reliance Industries will invest $1.36 billion in shale assets of Pioneer Natural Resources, as the Indian energy major looks to build its presence in the U.S. shale gas sector...
