Petrochemicals
Albemarle touts new technology to extract lithium from brine, cites growing global market
US specialty chemicals producer Albemarle said on Friday that it has developed a proprietary technology for lithium extraction from brine.
Methanex starts up production in Egypt, Canada
Global methanol producer Methanex said on Thursday that it had started production at its facility in Egypt as well as its Medicine Hat plant in Alberta, Canada, citing strong demand for the chemical.
SABIC, Asahi and Mitsubishi ink JV for Middle East acrylonitrile, sodium cyanide projects
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp. signed a strategic joint venture (JV) agreement to build a manufacturing plant for acrylonitrile and sodium cyanide, with subsequent sales and distribution to be carried by the partners.
BP, Dow Chemical plants in Texas City lose power as regional outages continue
The BP chemical plant in Texas City, Texas, lost power on Wednesday morning, marking the latest in a string of outages for the area’s numerous plants and refineries - including nearby producer Dow Chemical.
Cyanco to build new sodium cyanide plant at Ascend site in Texas
Cyanco plans to construct a new 55,000 metric ton/year sodium cyanide plant at the Ascend Performance Materials site in Alvin, Texas.
Clariant closes on acquisition of German catalysts company Süd-Chemie
Global specialty chemicals producer Clariant has completed the purchase of 96.15% of the shares in Germany-based catalysts firm Süd-Chemie from One Equity Partners and family shareholders.
BASF signs deal to acquire water treatment firm inge watertechnologies
BASF has signed an agreement with the investor group of Germany-based inge watertechnologies AG to acquire the company and its ultrafiltration membrane business.
On Earth Day, ACC says US chemical firms lead sustainability, environmental efforts
This Friday’s 41st annual Earth Day draws attention to ongoing actions that support sustainability and environmental improvement, and the US chemical industry is at the forefront of such development, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC).
US amines demand to grow at 3.3% per year, reach $3.4 billion in 2015 - study
US demand for amines, excluding those used to produce other amines, is forecast to advance by 3.3% annually to 3.3 billion pounds in 2015, valued at $3.4 billion, according to a new study from US market research firm Freedonia Group.
Dow Chemical to raise US ethylene, propylene production, inks shale gas supply deals
Dow Chemical today announced plans to increase the company’s ethylene and propylene production - and to integrate its US operations into feedstock opportunities available from increasing supplies of US shale gas in the Marcellus and Eagle Ford shale regions.
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- Foundation stone laid for 1.2-MMtpy blue ammonia plant in Qatar 11/29
- Traders using STS transfers near Senegal to export Russian naphtha to Brazil 11/29
- Mexican firefighters extinguish second fire in one week at Pemex refinery 11/29
- Australia's Ampol ends Lytton refinery repairs, provides output forecast 11/29
- Indonesia committed to introduce B40 biodiesel on Jan. 1 11/29
