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Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate will build a 1 million tonne a year PVC plant at Mundra in Gujarat, marking its foray into the petrochemicals sector where Reliance Industries Ltd is the main p...
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BASF has completed the sale of its Styrodur extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation business, including the brand, to Karl Bachl Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG (BACHL), as per Chemweek. BASF, a gl...
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California is set to lose 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next 12 months because of two planned refinery closures. If realized, the closure of the facilities is likely to contribute to incre...
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BP has agreed to sell its 300 Dutch petrol stations to Dutch fuel distribution and trading company Catom as part of its plan to divest $20 B worth of assets by 2027, bp said on Wednesday, without givi...
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Scientists have developed lightning-produced ammonia in gas form—a new, more efficient method that brings us closer to sustainable production of ammonia and transition to a hydrogen (H2)-based economy...
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Malaysia's Lotte Chemical Titan said that its Indonesia-based subsidiary has agreed to a 10-year ethylene supply deal worth around $3 billion with its downstream petrochemical producer, Lotte Chemical...
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North American weekly chemical rail traffic has softened year over year on declines in the US while remaining strong relative to the long-term average, according to new data from the Association of Am...
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IMCD NV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) said it has opened a newly reorganized and expanded life science laboratory hub at Shanghai, as per Chemweek.The new center is dedicated to supporting life science ind...
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Falling water levels on the Rhine River in late June and early July are impacting chemical barging activity in Europe following a spell of hot and dry weather in the region as per Chemweek.The latest ...
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A fire broke out at Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.’s (BPCL) chemical plant in Kochi, Kerala state, in the evening of July 8, said Chemweek. The plant produces acrylic acid with a production capacity of 1...
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Russian manufacturing will continue to grow in 2025, though the dynamics have become more moderate amid measures to prevent the economy from overheating and curb inflation, Prime Minister Mikhail Mish...
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ExxonMobil Corp., the largest U.S. oil and gas company, warned that lower oil and gas prices have negatively affected its results for the second quarter of 2025, said Reuters.According to documents su...
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Castrol India Ltd. (Mumbai), part of BP PLC and a leading domestic lubricant producer, has appointed Mrinalini Srinivasan as the company’s new CFO. The tenure commences from July 28, 2025, for a perio...
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The St. Petersburg Exchange will bring the first timber export deal with China to completion by the end of this month, and Russian companies are showing a high level of interest in this project, manag...
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Orlen Unipetrol SA declared force majeure on July 7 after having to implement an emergency shutdown on July 4 at its Litvinov refining and petrochemicals complex in the Czech Republic due to a nationw...
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Ethylene prices fell sharply in Asia on Monday, as per Polymerupdate.An industry source in Asia, on condition of anonymity, informed a Polymerupdate team member, "Prices declined in line with weaker n...
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Private equity firms Advent International, LP and Platinum Equity LLC are preparing bids for DuPont’s Kevlar and Nomex businesses, according to a Financial Times report citing insider sources, as per ...
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The European Commission presented today an action plan for the chemical industry that addresses high energy costs, unfair global competition and weak demand while promoting investment in innovation an...
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Due to a widespread power outage in the Most region, which occurred on Friday 4 July at around 12:00, operations at the Litvinov refinery were interrupted, said the company.The electricity supply to t...
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PVC and chlor-alkali producer Vynova will shut down its production facility at the Chemelot industrial park, citing high production costs and stringent regulations as key reasons behind the decision, ...
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