All Chemicals


Shell's sure again about chemicals

Added: 8 Dec 2010

London – After years of exiting many of its downstream chemicals and polymers activities, Shell Gro…

Cefic expects EU chemicals growth to slow

Added: 7 Dec 2010

Brussels - European chemicals producers will face a slowdown in demand for their products during 20…

UK cuts push chemical industry groups to join forces

Added: 2 Dec 2010

London – Regional chemicals trade body Chemicals North West (CNW) is set to become part of the Chem…

Total to build coal-based petrochemical plant in China

Added: 8 Nov 2010

Paris - Total and the Chinese energy group China Power Investment Corp. (CPI) plan to build a coal-…

Process sector reaction to UK government's Comprehensive Spending Review

Added: 26 Oct 2010

Environment:

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA):

The 2010 Spending Review se…

Elga chemicals for Veolia energy recovery facility

Added: 6 Oct 2010

When Veolia Environmental Services has recently turned to ELGA Process Water to supply a specialist…

Chemicals boss: Government hand-outs will not help growth

Added: 21 Sep 2010

London – Government hand-outs to business will not sustain growth in the economy, Steve Elliot, chi…

SRF advances chemical expansion plans in India

Added: 21 Sep 2010


Gurgaon, India – SRF Ltd of India is to carry out three R&D driven projects at a total estimated co…

Skills Academy, chemicals industry link to improve process safety management

Added: 17 Aug 2010

London – The National Skills Academy Process Industries and the Chemical Industries Association (CI…

Aramco, Dow pinpoint petrochemical project location

Added: 4 Aug 2010

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Co, have confirmed Jubail Industrial City as …

APC guides Czech chemical plant to Euro2m energy savings

Added: 26 Jul 2010

Litvinov, Czech Republic – Unipetrol is achieving energy savings of Euro2m/year following the imple…

US advances six projects to turn captured carbon into chemicals

Added: 23 Jul 2010

Washington – US energy secretary Steven Chu has announced funding for six projects to convert captu…

Electric cars drive Süd-Chemie to build new chemical plant

Added: 13 Jul 2010

Munich, Germany – Speciality chemicals maker Süd-Chemie AG is investing around Euro60 millionto bui…

Bayer: Process technologies key to chemical industry sustainability

Added: 7 Jul 2010

Leverkusen, Germany – As it generates an estimated 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, the global chem…

'Sort out business climate,' chemicals group tells Chancellor

Added: 21 Jun 2010

London – The boss of the UK’s £60-billion chemicals and pharmaceuticals industry has urged the Chan…

30% emissions target would "punish" chemicals industry

Added: 17 Jun 2010

Brussels – The European chemicals industry has called on EU leaders to avoid raising the target for…

Petrochemicals industry feels the pinch  

Added: 10 Jun 2010

 

Newbury, Berkshire – The economic downturn has taken a significant toll on petrochemical plant act…

Thermphos lowers gear costs on chemicals kiln

Added: 10 Jun 2010

London – ABB drives have cut the need for chemicals manufacturer Thermphos UK Ltd to replace gears …

EU chemicals industry to grow 9.5%

Added: 8 Jun 2010


Brussels – Output from the EU chemical industry is set to grow by 9.5% this year, forecasts Dr Hube…

Chemical engineers' pay proves recession-proof

Added: 25 May 2010

London – Chartered chemical engineers are apparently shrugging off the recession, and are in fact e…