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Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 12 January 2011

PI Industries proposes chemical manufacturing unit in Gujarat

PI Industries has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance to its proposed chemical manufacturing unit at Jambusar in Gujarat's Bharuch district. The company proposes to manufacture 7,000 MTPA of 27 agrochemica

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 12 January 2011

Commodity Polymers Industry: Downtrend in margins likely to deepen in the medium

With economic activity picking up, growth in domestic demand for commodity polymers was strong in 2009-10, reporting a 19% year-on-year (yoy) increase as against 4% yoy in 2008-09. The buoyancy in growth has continued in the current fiscal, although

Chemical
Chemical | 12 January 2011

PetroChina and Ineos to set up new trading and refining JV in Europe

PetroChina, through its wholly-owned subsidiary PetroChina International Company Limited, has entered into a framework agreement with Ineos to form a partnership in new trading and refining joint ventures related to the refining operations in Grangem

Chemical
Chemical | 12 January 2011

Fitch : Carbon credit impact on Indian chemical manufacturers

Fitch Ratings says that the credit profiles of Indian chemical manufacturers registered under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could come under stress, in the event of a reduction of the benefits awarded through Certified Emission Reductions (CE

| 12 January 2011

Commodity Polymers Industry: Downtrend in margins likely to deepen in the medium

With economic activity picking up, growth in domestic demand for commodity polymers was strong in 2009-10, reporting a 19% year-on-year (yoy) increase as against 4% yoy in 2008-09. The buoyancy in growth has continued in the current fiscal, although

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 January 2011

Subham Oils proposes alkyd manufacturing unit in Bengal

Subham Oils & Resins has moved the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance to its plans for manufacturing alkyd resin at its existing unit at Surjopur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. The total cost of the projec

Chemical
Chemical | 11 January 2011

Sipchem announces the award of the EPC contract for its ethyl acetate plant

Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) announced that it has awarded the engineering, design and construction (LSTK) contract for its ethyl acetate plant to Korean company eTEC. The plant will produce ethyl acetate and butyl acetate with

Chemical
Chemical | 11 January 2011

FMC increases soda ash production capacity

FMC Wyoming Corporation announced today that it will restart its Granger production facility by July 1, 2011, in response to strong export demand for soda ash.

Chemical
Chemical | 10 January 2011

CRISIL assigns \'P4+\' rating to Rotomac Polymers\' bank facility

CRISIL has assigned "˜P4+' to the letter of credit facility of Rotomac Polymers Pvt Ltd (RPPL), which is a part of the Rotomac group. The rating reflects Rotomac group exposure to significant debtor risk, with unstable customer and product profile

Digitization
Digitization | 10 January 2011

CRISIL assigns \'AA-(so)\' and \'P1+(so)\' ratings to Kribhco Shyam Fertilizers\

CRISIL has assigned "˜AA-(so)/Stable/P1+(so)' ratings to the bank facilities of Kribhco Shyam Fertilizers Ltd (KSFL). The ratings are based on the strength of an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee provided by KSFL's parent, Krishak Bharati

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 10 January 2011

Jayshree Chemicals commissions chlor-alkali plant

Jayshree Chemicals Ltd has commissioned its 152 TPD chlor-alkali plant with the latest state-of-the-art pollution free membrane cell technology based plant with the technical assistance from Uhde Gmbh, Germany, ahead of schedule with a total capital

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 07 January 2011

Cambay Organics wants to expand Gujarat unit

Cambay Organics has sought environmental clearance for expanding its existing manufacturing unit at Sokhada in Gujarat's Anand district.In its presentation to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the company says that it wants to expand product

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 07 January 2011

Global alkylamines market to reach 947.3 thousand tonnes by 2015, says report

The market for alkylamines continues to witness unabated research and development efforts, which are leading to new discoveries in innovative application areas. alkylamines assume importance as major intermediates used in the production of pesticides

Chemical
Chemical | 07 January 2011

Appointment

Vishnu Chemicals has appointed Lee A. Iwan as commercial manager for North and Latin America. Iwan will be responsible for coordinating all business development, sales and marketing activities for Vishnu Chemicals in North America and Latin America.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 06 January 2011

Associated Dyestuff proposes new plant in Gujarat

Associated Dyestuff has proposed to set up a dyes, dyes intermediates and pigment manufacturing plant at Dudhwada in Gujarat's Vadodara district. In its presentation to the Ministry of Environment and Forest for environmental clearance, the company

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 06 January 2011

IPFT undertook several projects in 2010-11

Gurgaon-based Institute of Pesticides Formulation Technology (IPFT) undertook several projects during 2010-11 and achieved success in various fronts.

Chemical
Chemical | 05 January 2011

CRISIL Equities assigns fundamental grade 4/5 to Time Technoplast

CRISIL Equities has assigned a CRISIL IER fundamental grade of 4/5 to Time Technoplast Ltd (Time). The grade indicates that the company's fundamentals are \'superior\' relative to other listed equity securities in India. CRISIL Equities has assigne

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 05 January 2011

Pasupathy Chemicals proposes new unit in Andhra Pradesh

Pasupathy Chemicals has sought the nod of the Ministry of Environment and Forests for starting a fungicide and insecticide manufacturing plant at Vedicherla in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 04 January 2011

OPCW carries out inspection of two companies in Gujarat, Maharashtra

The Hague-based Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) recently carried out inspections of two Indian chemical companies based in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 04 January 2011

Meghmani Chemtech proposes new pesticide unit in Gujarat

Meghmani Chemtech has proposed to set up an unit at Vagara in Gujarat's Bharuch district to manufacture pesticides and pigments. In a letter to the Environment and Forests Ministry for environment clearance, Meghmani said the estimated cost of the

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