Chemical
Chemical | 04 May 2012

PIB: Regulation of use of inorganic chemicals

The total consumption of agro-chemicals/pesticides during last three years and projected consumption during 2011-12 is as follows:

Chemical
Chemical | 03 May 2012

Jai Shree Ltd proposes expansion of pesticides plant in Haryana

Jai Shree Rasayan Udyog Limited has approached the Environment and Forests Ministry for environment clearance to its proposed expansion of its pesticides, insecticides and fungicides unit at Nathupur in Haryana\'s Sonepat district.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 02 May 2012

Industry stakeholders discuss feasibility study report on plastic waste manageme

Industry associations are of the view that all detailed measures taken them, the government and the industry should be incorporated in the final report on \"capacity building scheme on plastic waste management for urban local bodies\".

Chemical
Chemical | 02 May 2012

Patel Pesticides submits additional information on new Gujarat project

Patel Pesticides (India) Pvt Ltd, which has proposed to set up a pesticide manufacturing unit at Nandesari in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, has provided additional information to the Environment and Forests Ministry’s requesting clearance

Chemical
Chemical | 01 May 2012

Konar Organics proposes bulk drugs manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh

Konar Organics has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance to its proposed unit at Alatturu in Andhra Pradesh\'s Chittoor district for manufacturing bulk drugs and intermediates.

Chemical
Chemical | 18 April 2012

Bayer will extend polycarbonate sheet business

Bayer MaterialScience will acquire Arkema’s polycarbonate sheet business in the USA. Both companies have signed the agreement. Financial terms are not disclosed. With this deal, expected to be finalized in May, Bayer MaterialScience will furthe

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 18 April 2012

Total announces recorganization of downstream and chemicals segments

In October 2011, the Group announced a proposed reorganization or its Downstream and Chemicals segments. The reorganization became effective on January 1, 2012.

Chemical
Chemical | 16 March 2012

Economic Survey 2011-12 : Chemical output is higher by 1.77%

The Economic Survey 2011-12 says that the production of major chemicals during April-November 2011 has been comparatively higher except for pesticides and insecticides and dyes and dyestuff. Total output for the sector is higher by 1.77 per cent.

Chemical
Chemical | 15 March 2012

Bayer Material wants to increase production capacity at Tamil Nadu unit

Bayer Material Science Pvt Ltd has approached the Environment and Forests Ministry for environmental clearance to its expansion plans of its unit at Semmakuppam in Tamil Nadu\'s Cuddalore district.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 15 March 2012

Discussion held on IIP\'s report on feedstock options

The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC), various industry stakeholders and Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) held a series of discussions on the feasibility study on \"Feedstock Options on Petrochemicals\".

Chemical
Chemical | 13 March 2012

Assam Petrochemicals proposes new plant

Assam Petrochemicals Ltd. has proposed to set up a 500 TPD methanol, 200 TPD acetic acid and a 5 MW power plant (natural gas based turbine) at Namrup in Assam\'s Dibrugarh district in the land area adjacent to its methanol and formalin manufacturing

Digitization
Digitization | 12 March 2012

K P R Fertilizers proposes expansion of unit

K P R Fertilizers has proposed to manufacture new products at its existing unit at Biccavolu in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district. In its presentation to the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance, the company sai

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 12 March 2012

Linde achieves its best ever results and confirms its medium-term target

The Linde Group once again saw profitable growth in the 2011 financial year, achieving its best ever figures for group sales and group operating profit. \"We have become even more efficient overall and were able to achieve the targets we had set in f

Chemical
Chemical | 12 March 2012

BASF Venture Capital invests $13.5 million in Allylix

BASF Venture Capital GmbH has invested $13.5 million in Allylix, Inc., a U.S.-based renewable specialty chemicals company. The BASF subsidiary led a $18.2 million financing round, joined by existing investors Tate & Lyle Ventures, Avrio Ventures and

Chemical
Chemical | 08 March 2012

Sentini Bioproducts proposes grain-based distillery unit

Sentini Bioproducts (P) Ltd has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests for environmental clearance for inclusion of molasses as raw material for its grain-based distillery unit at Gandepalli in Andhra Pradesh\'s Krishna district.

Chemical
Chemical | 08 March 2012

SGL Group expands in India

SGL Group has further expanded its production in Pune, India, gaining a larger footprint in the Indian growth market. At the new production facility, the manufacture of graphite-based system components (heat exchangers and columns) for the chemical i

Chemical
Chemical | 07 March 2012

Sarthi Chem proposes expansion of Methyl Bromide unit

Sarthi Chem Pvt Ltd has proposed to expand its Methyl Bromide manufacturing unit at Kuvadava GIDC Estate in Gujarat\'s Rajkot district.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 06 March 2012

PETRONAS and BASF move ahead with expansion of partnership in Malaysia

PETRONAS and BASF have taken the next steps in the development of the previously announced ¤1 billion investment that will expand their partnership in Malaysia, involving projects at their existing venture in Kuantan and at a new site within PETRONA

Digitization
Digitization | 05 March 2012

Update on NFCL\'s expansion plan

Kakinada-based Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (NFCL) has initiated the process for setting up a new production facility for the production of 1.27 million MT/Annum of fertilizer grade urea within the existing complex.

Chemical
Chemical | 05 March 2012

LANXESS to break ground in Singapore for world’s largest Nd-PBR plant in S

LANXESS will break ground for its new neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) plant in Singapore on September 11 this year. The German specialty chemicals company plans to invest roughly EUR 200 million (about SGD 340 million) in a 140,000 metric ton

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