ICIS - Search Articles by Date : January 23 2006 - January 29 2006

MARKETS TRENDS: Butadiene soars in tight market
Butadiene firms in Europe and Asia as buyers seek material before the Chinese New Year holiday. European MTBE hit $694/tonne but eased off during the.... more
(23 January 2006 13:59)

Reliance strife ended
Analysts and shareholders reacted positively to last week’s demerger of India’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which valued the part containing.... more
(23 January 2006 09:38)

Wall Street remains bullish
While DuPont disappointed in its fourth quarter and its 2006 guidance, Wall Street largely remains bullish on its prospects. more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

DuPont boosts R&D effort
DUPONT SAYS its new investments in R&D are bearing fruit, with more than 1,000 new products and applications in 2005. more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

Universal thrives over competition
Where other distributors are folding, Universal is growing—and sharing its secrets. more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

DuPont commits to eliminate PFOA by 2015
DUPONT WILL remove perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from its products by 2015 as part of a multicompany and international effort to eliminate PFOA.... more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

BASF, Huntsman mull China MDI
BASF, Huntsman and a group of Chinese companies are considering the construction of a new MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) plant in China. more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

Nova posts $22M loss
NOVA CHEMICALS Corp. posted an underlying loss of $22 million in the fourth quarter of 2005 versus earnings of $162 million in the year-ago period on.... more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

Firms consider PO, PG in China
Sinopec and Lyondell Chemical are in talks to build a propylene oxide (PO) and propylene glycol (PG) joint venture project in China, according a.... more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

Lonza ponders polymers
LONZA EXPECTS to decide on the future of its nonstrategic polymer intermediates business by the middle of the year. more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

Two firms halt oxo-alcohols in Europe
OXO-ALCOHOLS production at BASF’s Ludwigshafen complex in Germany and Perstorp’s Stenungsund site in Sweden ground to a halt last week, sources at.... more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

BASF upbeat on 2006
BASF REITERATED its positive outlook for the first half of 2006 but warned of uncertainties in the second half of the year. more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

IN BRIEF News Watch
Syngenta receives herbicide approval Syngenta has received registration approvals from both Canadian and US regulatory authorities for Axial, its.... more
(28 January 2006 08:57)

ICIS radio: Special Report: BASF technology
BASF's Dr Stefan Marcinowski, Research Executive Director, talks exclusively to ICIS radio about his company's technology strategy. .... more
(25 January 2006 17:56)

Industry insight on private equity
Ian Wilson and Michael Stiles look at the importance of ?due diligence procedures for securing private equity deals more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Mergers money mounts up
2005 was another strong year for M&A in the chemical industry, with eleven deals valued at $1bn and over. David Ingles reports more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

EU urged to join pact
EU political, business and social leaders are being urged to show their commitment to creating an innovative Europe by signing up to a Pact for.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Nova to close Chesapeake PS plant
Canada’s Nova Chemicals says it will close its polystyrene plant in Chesapeake, Virginia, US, by the year-end in a cost-cutting move. more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Dark days for DuPont
DuPont incurred a 45% drop in fourth quarter profits from a year ago and warned of lower earnings in the first quarter of 2006, triggering a share.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

EU chemicals imports continue upward trend
Imports of chemicals into the 12-member eurozone rose 10% year-on-year between January and October 2005 to €97bn, the European statistical office.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

GEM to get new tankers
Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) has signed a contract worth $180m with South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo dockyard for four high specification double.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Dyno to go it alone with ammonia
Plentex, the Australian mining company formerly called Plenty River Corp, has withdrawn from an 800 000 tonne/year ammonia joint venture project in.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

End in sight for solvents slide
The refinery shutdown at Pernis in the Netherlands reduced supply temporarily, but after a sluggish fourth quarter markets are now recovering more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Albion bulks up UK SLES
Albion Chemicals has expanded its bulk storage and dilution facilities in Liverpool, UK, for surfactant sodium laureth sulphate (SLES). more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Paper quality guidance
Europe’s confederation of paper industries (Cepi) has issued guidelines which are aimed at improving the quality of recovered paper. Cepi says the.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

China ethylene tops Sabic’s list
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) will resume negotiations with Sinopec towards building a 1m tonne/year ethylene complex in China (ACN 14 November.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

NEW PROJECTS REPORTED IN ICIS CHEMICAL BUSINESS 23-29 JANUARY 2006
Company Product Capacity Process Contractor Cost Startup Status Abu Dhabi Gas Industries .... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

IN BRIEF Project Watch
PETER CREMER TO BRING BIODIESEL TO SINGAPORE more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Quotes of the week more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

People at the top
People at the top more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

COMMENT: Headwinds on the horizon?
Where does the time go? - already it’s the end of January. But what better time, with everyone back at work and with shoulders to the wheel, to.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

5-MINUTE MARKET WATCH
MA NUMBERS DROP IN SUBDUED MARKET more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

5-MINUTE PROJECT WATCH
SINOPEC AND LYONDELL IN TALKS OVER CHINA more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Holiday prompts Chinese retreat
Asia will be at a standstill from 28 January, with China closed for 7-10 days and South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong on holiday on 30 and 31 January more
(28 January 2006 08:06)

MARKETS - DATA BANK
Prices contained in this magazine are gathered by various ICIS sources through consultation with producers, consumers and traders across Europe and.... more
(28 January 2006 08:10)

IN BRIEF Markets Watch
EU CHLORINE OUTPUT MAINTAINING HIGHS more
(28 January 2006 08:05)

GIBSON’S GRAPEVINE
FIRST DUAL CONTRACT LIKELY FOR ACETONE more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

IN BRIEF Environment Watch
PREVENTION AWARD more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

IN BRIEF - Innovations
The inventor of GM technology and creator of Europe’s first GM plant has warned that Europe is missing out on the biotech revolution in agriculture..... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

IN BRIEF Supply Chain
BRENNTAG BUYS INTO GROUP ALLIANCE more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

In this week - 15 YEARS AGO
Nigeria is to confront the multi­billion dollar global trade in counter­feit medicines. A campaign is being mounted with the backing of the United.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

PPG facing hard times
PPG Industries is warning it will face charges between $50m-70m in its 2006 first quarter for severance and restructuring payments. more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Makhteshim China base
Makhteshim-Agan is setting up a company in China to source raw and active materials and to distribute and market its products, the Israeli.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

EU INSIDER - Trade: Optimism and tough talking
‘As trade commissioner, I want to be an optimist,’ Peter Mandelson told an audience at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin, last week. He did.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

IN BRIEF Asia Watch
SARTOMER OPENS JAPAN OFFICE more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Partnership sets out charter for environment
The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate held its inaugural ministerial meeting in Sydney, Australia, last month. more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

IN BRIEF Brief Americas Watch
DSM sells minera more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

WASHINGTON INSUDER: Intellectual property worries, again
‘So many more Chinese companies are exporting these days,’ says Jonathan Huneke, vice president at the US Council for International Business (USCIB),.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

Dow and Monsanto agree traits deal
Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto have agreed to cross-license agricultural bio-techno­logies and traits in corn, soya beans and cotton. The deal ends.... more
(27 January 2006 19:08)

The regenerative way ahead
Chemical producers cannot meet Germany’s exorbitant energy costs by turning down the thermostat, so what can they do to meet the winter chill? more
(27 January 2006 19:08)