ICIS - Search Articles by Date : September 22 2003 - September 28 2003

The CV: Emmi Ilvo
Emmi Ilvo is one of a group of 16 apprentices who have recently completed apprenticeships at Kemira's Oulu plant in central Finland, which has an.... more
(26 September 2003 15:47)

Household products pull growth
Surfactant consumption in North American household products is growing at 3%/year - faster than the products they go into, says a new report from US.... more
(26 September 2003 15:47)

MTBE Producers' Liability Issues Tangle Energy Bill in Congress
US politicians have encountered their first hurdle in hashing out an Energy Bill as members of the House and Senate clash over the amount of more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

News In Brief
Air Liquid Wins ENI Contract Air Liquide SA has signed a 15 year contract with the refining and marketing division of Italy's ENI SpA to supply more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

NPRA Says NSR Reform Is Critical To Competitiveness
Reform of the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR) program is crucial to the long-term economic health and competitiveness of the domestic more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Agribusiness Sees US Crush Margin Difficulties for the Rest of 2003
The recent revision in the US soybean production outlook by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) could pose problems for agribusiness majors. more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Oils in Brief
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND Company (ADM) and Burcon NutraScience have entered into a licensing and development agreement to commercialize Burcon's more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Chemical Stocks Fall On OPEC Pullback
Chemical stocks took a tumble last week following the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprise announcement that it will aim more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Environmental Working Group Finds High Levels of PBDEs in Women's Breast Milk
In the first nationwide test for the presence of chemical fire retardants in people, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) says it found high more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Jobs and People
Jane PalmieriJane Palmieri has been named vice president of plastics and fluids at Dow Automotive. Most recently, she served as business more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Petrochemicals in Brief
BASF will increase all off-schedule selling prices for oxo alcohols including n-butanol, isobutanol and 2-ethylhexanol by 5c. per pound in North more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

GlycoFi Makes Complex Glycoprotein Production Breakthrough
Beneath the hype of biopharmaceuticals lies a troublesome reality: manufacturing complex drugs, particularly complex human glycoproteins, in a more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Companies Race to Improve Propylene Oxide Technologies
Lower capital costs and reduced by-products are the key drivers behind next generation propylene oxide (PO) production technologies now being more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Pharmaceuticals in Brief
SORBITOL Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will increase spot selling prices on liquid and crystalline sorbitol by 10 percent and will book new more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

CFO Forum: Reorganization Key To Sigma-Aldrich Growth Strategy
As the US economy continues to limp along the long slow road to recovery, the US chemical industry is trying to bolster third and fourth quarter more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

HR Balancing Act: Cost Pressures and Employee Development
As chemical industry executives continue to slash costs and restructure to improve the bottom line, they face yet another challenge of more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Employee View: Rational Endurance
"Rational endurance" is a phrase that describes how US workers are trying to keep focused on their jobs despite the tough economic climate, job more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

IT In Brief
Wercs, D.A. Stuart Team The Wercs Ltd., a provider of material safety data sheet (MSDS) software, reports that D.A. Stuart, a producer of more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Rising Stars in the Drug Pipeline
Picking the blockbuster drugs of tomorrow from the pipelines of today is a challenge for pharmaceutical CEOs not only in allocating internal more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Rohm and Haas Warns on 3Q Results
Specialty chemicals bellwether Rohm and Haas Company is warning that third quarter profits will fall slightly short of Wall Street estimates as more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Blockbuster Blues: Schering-Plough
Nowhere are the blockbuster blues more apparent than at Schering-Plough Corp., where Fred Hassan, chairman and CEO, faces the daunting challenge of more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Automakers Seek New Plastics
With automobile manufacturers projected to switch from 12-volt batteries to 42-volt batteries within three to five years, it has also been more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Good Growth for Surfactants In Cosmetics
Surfactants are the largest class of specialty chemicals used in the North American cosmetics and toiletries industry, with about 2.14 billion more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Specialties Pricing
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. is, effective October 1, increasing the price of its monoisopropylamine, monoisopropylamine 70 percent solution and more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Shooting the Messenger: New Drugs Target TNF-a
Anti-TNF drugs Remicade, Enbrel and Humira may soon be joined by competitors both large and small. Clay Boswell reports. more
(26 September 2003 21:26)

Focus on Europe: C3 pipeline closer
As Europe's first public-private propylene pipeline appears set to become a reality, Hilfra Tandy looks at what it means for the continent's.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

CPDC shuts down on weak markets
China Petrochemical Development Corp (CPDC) has begun to shut down capacity when markets are weak rather than only when turnarounds are due more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

EC policy upsets Japanese chems
Japanese chemical companies are worried that their direct and indirect exports to the EU could be subject to import restrictions when the EC's.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

EC visits China in PET dumping probe
European Commission (EC) officials were in China last week investigating the alleged dumping of PET bottle-grade chip by Chinese companies into the.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Honam staff reject pay deal
Honam Petrochemical's workers have rejected a 5.8% pay deal that had been agreed by management and union representatives more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

South Korean chemicals suffer from typhoon
The South Korean petrochemical industry has suffered a considerable loss of earnings as a result of Typhoon Maemi which swept through the southern.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Petrocorp seeks to sell 51% stake
Petrocorp is looking to sell a 51% equity stake to a foreign strategic investor more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Philippines agrees to larger cut in tariffs
The Philippines has agreed to a bigger reduction in import tariffs on petrochemicals and petrochemical product shipments from Singapore than had been.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Meti declines to reveal errant companies
Despite market uncertainty caused by the spectre of more cracker shutdowns, Japan's Meti has again declined to identify the few companies that failed.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Japan to shut 1-1.5m of C2s?
Confusion in industry over where and how cuts would take place more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

About as reliable as roulette
The year to date has again proved just how tough making consistently good money out of petrochemicals has become. Malini Hariharan and John.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Global roundup
From stories supplied by the CNI and ACN teams more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

$100 hike nominated for titanium dioxide
Huntsman Tioxide and Millennium have each nominated a US$100/tonne increase in their Asian titanium dioxide contract prices over business settled in.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

European OX still uncommitted on weak demand
Most of the 12-15 000 tonne of European orthoxylene (OX) which was settled for Asia in late August was still uncommitted last week because of weak.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Two acrylonitrile producers upbeat on closing September deals at $850
Asahi Kasei and Taekwang Industrial were last week confident of settling their September acrylonitrile contracts more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Butadiene markets embroiled in price ideas tussle
An interesting tussle was developing in Asian butadiene markets last week more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

SEA C2s abuzz with enquiries
Southeast Asian (SEA) ethylene markets were abuzz last week with enquiries for shipping product to Europe more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Market trends: Styrene buyers retreat
Prices could soften as Chinese buyers with ample inventories retreat from the market. Meanwhile, phenol prices pick up amid continuing tight supply more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Market trends: Ammonia up by $37
Ammonia prices climb on the back of tight markets. Meanwhile, propylene buying ideas slip by $10-20/tonne on adequate supply and weak PP more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Blue Star plans 100 000 tonne/year phenol-acetone in Harbin
China Blue Star New Chemical Materials Co plans to build a phenol-acetone plant with a combined capacity of 100 000 tonne/ year in Harbin more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Engro mulls options for Sohar NH3-urea
Engro Chemical Pakistan is evaluating the options for its ammonia-urea project in Sohar, Oman, after receiving higher-than-expected bids from.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Changzhou ups MA
Changzhou Shugang Chemical Factory has started work on the expansion of its 30 000 tonne/year maleic anhydride (MA) plant in Changzhou, Jiangsu,.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Methanol, ammonia units in Yunnan
Yunnan Petrochemical Group Co plans to build a 1.6m tonne/year methanol plant and a 500 000 tonne/year ammonia unit in the coal-based Qujing.... more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Final nod for CNOOC Fudao methanol study
CNOOC Fudao has received final approval from the Chinese government for a feasibility study on its methanol project in Dongfang more
(22 September 2003 07:42)

Pertamina to fund refinery project via various schemes
Pertamina plans to use a combination of three financing schemes to fund its US$1.5bn refinery project in east Java, Indonesia more
(22 September 2003 07:42)