New projects reported by ICIS, 18 June- 1 July 2006

02 July 2007 00:00  [Source: ICB]

Company	Product	Capacity	Process	Contractor	Cost	Startup	Status
Akzo Nobel
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	wood coatings	-	-	-	-	end 2008	P
Albemarle
Bergheim, Germany	Martinal aluminium trihydrate	(x)20,000 (by 15%)	-	-	-	end 2007	U
Bacs-Bio-Etanol
Bacsalmas, Hungary	bioethanol	-	-	-	$85m	H2 2008	P
BASF/Chongqing Chemical and Pharmaceutical Holding
Chongqing, western China	methyl di-p-phenylene (MDI)	400,000	-	-	-	2010	S
Bayer MaterialScience
Dormagen, Germany, or Antwerp, Belgium	polyether polyols	60,000	-	-	$54m	-	P
Caojing, China	polycarbonate (PC)	100,000	-	-	-	late 2008	delayed
Braskem
Brazil	bio-based polyethylene (PE)	200,000	Braskem	-	-	2009	S
Brunner Mond
Northwich, UK	sodium bicarbonate	50,000	-	-	$20m	H1 2009	P
Dow Chemical
Schkopau, Germany	solution styrene butadiene rubber (SBR)	60,000	-	-	-	H2 2008	P
DuPont
New Johnsonville, Tennessee, US	titanium tetrachloride	45,600	-	-	$30m	mid-2008	P
Eni
Livorno, Italy	biodiesel	-	Ecofining from UOP	-	-	2009	E
ExxonMobil Chemical
Pensacola, Florida, US	specialty elastomers	-	-	-	-	early 2008	P
Petroflex
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Liquiflex polyols and elastomers	(x)9,000T	-	-	-	end 2009	P
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan
Cory, Saskatchewan, Canada	potash	(x)1.2m 2mT	-	AMEC	$845m	2010	E
Trust Chemical Industries
Port Said, Egypt	ethylene dichloride (EDC)	200,000	-	-	-	2009	P
	vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)	400,000	-	-	-	2009	P
	polyvinyl chloride (PVC)	200,000	-	-	-	2009	P

Notes: *Capacity: figures given in tonne/year tonne/day are converted by multiplying by 330. (x) = expansion (T) = total capacity including expansion.

Startup: Dates given are for planned startup. H1 = 1st half year H2 = 2nd half year Q1 = 1st quarter Q2 = 2nd quarter Q3 = 3rd quarter Q4 = 4th quarter.

Status: S = study P = planned A = approval E = engineering U = under construction C = completed D = delayed

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