Americas top stories: weekly summary
ICIS Editorial
11-Sep-2018
HOUSTON (ICIS)–Here are the top stories from ICIS News from the week ended 7 September.
Oxiteno starts up
surfactants plant in US
Oxiteno started up an alkoxylation plant in
Pasadena, Texas, the Brazilian surfactants
producer said on Tuesday.
Emergency steps
taken as Tropical Storm Gordon nears US Gulf
Coast
As Tropical Storm Gordon nears the US Gulf
Coast, companies and government agencies took
steps on Tuesday ranging from enacting
emergency plans to shutting down ports.
Tropical Storm
Gordon makes landfall, to weaken
rapidly
Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just
west of the Alabama-Mississipi border late on
Tuesday, according to the latest update from
the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
US Tronox
disappointed as court grants injunction to
block TiO2 merger deal
Tronox is disappointed that the US District
Court for the District of Columbia decided
on Wednesday to grant a preliminary injunction
to block Tronox’s proposed acquisition of Saudi
Arabia-based titanium dioxide (TiO2)
producer Cristal, it said, adding that it
intends to immediately file an appeal.
US spot ethylene
hits six-month high on soaring
feedstock
US spot ethylene traded at 19.25
cents/lb ($424/tonne) on Thursday, as a spike
in upstream ethane costs drove
ethylene spot prices to a six-month high.
US truck driver
shortage unlikely to be resolved soon – YRC
Worldwide CEO
The shortage of truck drivers in the US amid a
booming economy is set to continue, the CEO of
a major transportation company said.
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