BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and KaMin LLC. / CADAM S.A. (KaMin) have signed an agreement to sell BASF’s kaolin minerals business to KaMin, a global performance minerals company headquartered in Macon, Georgia, United States. Currently, the kaolin minerals business is…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for a C4 acetylenes selective hydrogenation unit (AHU) from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. Ltd. (KPIC). The unit will be part of an expansion to KPIC's Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. "With this…
Arxada AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced that it will invest CHF 20 million in its industrial biotechnological plant in Kouřim, Czech Republic, which serves the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) part of its Specialty Products Solutions business. This investment provides…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced the final completion of their production capacity expansion in the U.K. From November 15th, the annual production of ferric-based water-treatment chemicals in Goole will be increased by more than 100,000 tons annually. Already in January…
Phillips 66 (Houston) announced plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., to a terminal facility. The conversion is expected to take place in 2022. “We made this decision after exploring several options and considering the investment needed…
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) have signed an investment agreement worth $6.2 billion to expand their Borouge joint venture (JV) by building the fourth Borouge facility – Borouge 4 – at the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced it will build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Mebane, N.C. The site is part of a recently announced co-investment with the U.S. government – a $192.5 million contract in coordination with the U.S.…
Cabot Corp. (Boston, Ma.) announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Tokai Carbon (Tianjin) Co., Ltd from Tokai Carbon Group for $9 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. The carbon black manufacturing facility was commissioned in 2006…
PJSC Tatneft (Almetyevsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) has signed license and engineering agreement with Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese). The license obtained by Tatneft from Versalis pertains to technologies for the production of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) and carboxylate styrene…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) announced the opening of a new energy recovery plant at the Elkem Salten site in the northern part of Norway. The installation positions Elkem Salten as one of the most energy effective silicon plants in the world,…