Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced that it will build two polymer materials plants at its Sines Industrial Complex (Portugal), representing the largest industrial investment in Portugal in the last ten years, at €657 million. The new materials produced are 100%…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) has concluded an agreement to sell its sodium cyanide business to a South African, B-BBEE empowered subsidiary of Draslovka Holding a.s, a Czech-based company specializing in cyanide production, for a consideration of R1.46 billion (around…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has announced that construction work on the new polyamide 12 complex at Marl Chemical Park is virtually complete and it will be taken into operation this year. Evonik has invested around half a billion euros…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) plans to invest in its Kromasil manufacturing facility in Bohus, Sweden, to meet the increasing global demand from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries for high-performing solutions. The investment is expected to double the facility’s existing production…
Air Liquide (Paris) and Jiangsu Shagang Group, the largest private steel enterprise in China and one of top 5 globally, have signed a new long-term agreement for the supply of industrial gases in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, China. Air Liquide…
MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) and Tatneft (Almetyevsk, Republic of Tartarstan, Russia) have launched a joint project for a rubber bitumen plant in the Republic of Tatarstan. The companies have also agreed to establish a joint venture that, besides manufacturing and…
Thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology, a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany), has signed a contract with Abu Qir Fertilizers Co., for the revamp of their Abu Qir 3 urea granulation plant in Alexandria, Egypt. For the revamped plant, which is planned…
BASF Catalysts India Pvt. Ltd.will expand its mobile emissions catalysts production plant in Chennai, India. This double-digit million Euro investment will nearly double the company’s catalysts production capacity for the heavy-duty on- and off-road segment. The completion of the expansion…
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) and NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that a subsidiary of Enterprise has acquired a wholly owned subsidiary of NOVA Chemicals, which operates an ethylene storage business and trading hub in Mont Belvieu, Texas.…