ICIS - Search Articles by Date : November 28 2005 - December 04 2005

IN Brief News Watch
Nova extends force majeure on ontario site more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

IN Brief News Watch
GP Resins to buy stake in kolon more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

KATRINA RECONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY: Air Products recovery on track
AIR PRODUCTS will spend roughly $50 million to restore production at its New Orleans hydrogen facility, which was severely damaged by Katrina. more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

KATRINA RECONSTUCTION UNDER WAY: Riders on the storm
The team trapped in the eye of the storm told their amazing tale exclusively to CMR’s Robert Brown more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

World’s First Online Chemical Event
Don’t miss the first online global chemicals conference and exhibition—brought to you live by ICIS on December 7. The event will be free to delegates.... more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

Jobs and People
Terry Caloghiris more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

FOCUS REPORT: Smooth operators
Buttressed by molecular biology, peptides are bringing a new sophistication to cosmetics. Clay Boswell reports more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

Pharma in brief
Avecia plant OK’d by MHRA more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

Pharma mulls strategy in China
With China becoming friendlier towards foreign investment, Western pharma companies are considering how to navigate a minefield of risks to access.... more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

ACC disappointed in New Jersey action
Marty Durbin, security-team leader at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), said the ACC feels that New Jersey has abandoned a partnership with the.... more
(03 December 2005 09:56)

Why the Saudis joined the party
WHEN THE World Trade Organization (WTO) meets in Hong Kong on 13 December, Saudi Arabia will in all probability be sitting at the table as its 149th.... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Contract king
Steve Davies, chairman and ceo of Foster Wheeler Energy, discusses his company’s work in the Middle East and China with John Baker more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Global Roundup
IRSL looking to expand more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

COMMENT Need for greater openness
How many other chemical pollution incidents have taken place in China that we haven’t heard or read about? more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

ROUNDUP Markets
Kuraray’s China PMMA plant running more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

ROUNDUP New projects
Lanzhou eyes gansu aromatics plant more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Trying times for Mitsui
Deteriorating purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and toluene diisocyanate (TDI) profit margins, as well as high crude oil and naphtha feedstock prices.... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

SPECIALFOCUS
High feedstock costs are forcing Japanese petrochemical majors to move towards specialities based on innovation. Mark Lazell reports on three leading.... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Planning with a passion
Showa Denko’s expansion of its hard disk media segment is expected to bear fruit long-term, but how will its ‘cash cow’ businesses fare in an.... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Adipic to rise in 2006
ADIPIC ACID producers in Asia expect prices and margins to start creeping up only after the Lunar New Year holidays in late January 2006, when demand.... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Confusion engulfs aromatics market
The lack of direction in benzene values makes toluene and mixed xylenes flounder as buyers resist high offers. Unrealistically high PX contract.... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Benzene in a bind with prices volatile
more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

Olefin saturation stalls CTO
A decision by the Chinese government to approve only part of Shenhua Group’s coal-to-olefins (CTO) project in Baotou, northern China, has left.... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

New Projects Summary
REPORTED IN ACN 28 NOVEMBER-4 DECEMBER 2005 more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

A long wait before prices hit bottom
Butadiene continues to fall, with some traders predicting it may touch US$900/tonne cfr before stabilising. C2, C3, naphtha and MTBE also decline..... more
(02 December 2005 19:23)

ICIS radio: Special report
Changes are afoot at ICIS publications: we explain what they mean to subscribers and listeners. more
(28 November 2005 15:16)

Outsourcing requirements of Chinese producers
Chinese producers are increasingly looking to outsource their production and to contract manage, in a bid to raise their margins, but according to.... more
(30 November 2005 03:28)

ICIS TV at the 55th API China exhibition
ICIS TV went to the 55th Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients exhibition in Hangzhou, China, to find out how the fair has grown over its 40-year history.... more
(30 November 2005 03:53)

ECN and ACN merge into ICIS Chemical Business
On January 9th 2006, ECN and ACN will be relaunched as ICIS Chemical Business. Look out for more coverage on the Middle East and Asia and more.... more
(30 November 2005 19:00)

IN Brief News Watch
Taif gains majority in Nizhnekamskneftekhim more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Ciba may spin off textiles
Ciba expects to have decided whether or not to sell its textile effects business unit by the second quarter of next year at the latest, said chairman.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

PKN Orlen privatisation gets political
Igor Chalupec, PKN Orlen’s chief executive wants his company to be fully privatised, in opposition to the new Polish government which wants to retain.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Amec set to sell SPIE
Chemical construction and engineering services company Amec says it will sell its electrical and mechanical engineering service business SPIE in.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

RAG plans unclear over Degussa sale
Clouds seemed to hang over Degussa’s future last week as its workforce sought clarification of what majority shareholder RAG’s plans for the.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

France sets its strategic direction
The French government has set up a chemicals industry strategic council to prepare the sector for future changes, France’s industry minister said.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Ineos Fluor plans to sell 1m CERs
Ineos Fluor plans to sell 1m certified emission reductions (CERs) generated by preventing emissions of HFC23 greenhouse gas at South Korea’s Ulsan.... more
(02 December 2005 18:06)

Akzo Nobel gets Hexion offer for inks and adhesives resins business
Privately-held Hexion Speciality Chemicals has offered €88m for Akzo Nobel’s inks and adhesives resins business unit, the Dutch pharmaceuticals,.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Global Roundup
Sabic appoints Samba Financial Group more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Energy Special: Nuclear power rises to top of energy agenda
UK Prime minister, Tony Blair, launched a controversial energy review that is likely to pave the way for more nuclear power stations. This will be.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

A vision of leaner chemical production
Making things better and doing less with more are two of the goals of lean manufacturing - a set of processess that give European firms a weapon with.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

People on the move
BILL ROBINSON, executive vice president of global operations and BOB TRAINOR, executive vice president and general counsel at UCB have been asked to.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

No TBBPA risk, says EU
A meeting of European experts have concluded that the brominated flame retardant tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is not subject to any classification.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

RUSSIA WATCHES FOR TOXIC CHEMICALS
Russian officials are monitoring the flow of chemicals following an explosion at a petrochemical plant in Jilin, China. The explosion, which occurred.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

EU on track for Kyoto
The EU’s environment minister Stavros Dimas has said that the EU is on track to meet its Kyoto targets. ‘The latest projections show that the EU has.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Sweden backs PFOS ban in the EU
Sweden is proposing an EU-wide ban on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS). It is concerned that PFOS may cause liver damage and affect.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

IN Brief Environment Watch
AKZO nobel wins award from BCF more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Swiss voters want to stop GM crops
EuropaBio has said that it ‘regrets the negative result’ from a Swiss referendum for a moratorium on biotechnology in agriculture. more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

EPA settles DuPont case on PFOA
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement in its case against DuPont. The EPA alleged that the company failed to fully.... more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

Germany requests final amendments on Reach
Germany has set out a number of points that it would like to see as part of the final text on Europe’ chemical legislation, Reach. more
(03 December 2005 08:44)

US and China sign sustainable development agreement
Business leaders from the US and China have signed an agreement whereby they will collaborate on economic, social and environmental projects. more
(03 December 2005 08:44)