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Chemical
Chemical | 22 December 2021

IMCD to acquire home care and water treatment firm RPL Trading

The closing of the transaction is expected to take place in January 2022

Chemical
Chemical | 22 December 2021

OCCL commissions first phase of Insoluble Sulphur plant

Insoluble Sulphur is sold under the brand DIAMOND SULF and is used as vulcanising agent in application

General
General | 22 December 2021

Elkem gets funding for project aiming to eliminate CO2 emissions from silicon production

Company has got funding of NOK 16 million from Research Council of Norway

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 22 December 2021

Perstorp expands TMP capacity in Italy

Expansion will help meet growing demand from the European market

Chemical
Chemical | 22 December 2021

Hexion to expand production capacity of epichlorohydrin at Pernis

The planned expansion will add 25,000 metric tons of annual capacity

General
General | 22 December 2021

Albaugh to acquire Rotam for $197 million

The combination of the businesses will create a leading global crop protection company with total sales exceeding $2 billion

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 22 December 2021

Cummins, Sinopec form JV to develop green hydrogen technologies in China

The joint venture will accelerate the affordability and availability of green hydrogen through increased technological innovation, research and development, and manufacturing capacity

Chemical
Chemical | 22 December 2021

Clariant to build flame retardants production facility in China

Investment will further expand Clariant’s footprint in China and transform its existing facility in Daya Bay into a truly strategic site by 2023

Chemical
Chemical | 22 December 2021

Croda to sell its industrial chemicals businesses to Cargill for €915 million

Croda intends to reinvest proceeds from the transaction into faster growth areas, increasing its exposure to health care and further developing its position as a sustainability leader in consumer care and crop care markets

People
People | 22 December 2021

Brenntag appoints Dr Kristin Neumann as CFO

Dr Neuman will assume new role from April 1, 2022

General
General | 22 December 2021

Aurora Capital acquires Spray-Tek

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed

Battery
Battery | 21 December 2021

SECI awards 100 MW solar contract with battery storage to Tata Power Solar

The project will demonstrate solar power can be used to provide clean solar energy

General
General | 21 December 2021

India Pesticides adopts Som and Murar Nagar villages

Around 500 children, 50 youths, two gram panchayats, and 400 households will benefit from the project

Chemical
Chemical | 21 December 2021

Balrampur Chini allocated 139,100 KL of ethanol

The company has received a total order of 157,100 KL for supplying ethanol to OMCs

Energy
Energy | 21 December 2021

Ram Charan signs US $2.2 bn deal with Ghana based Masri

The execution of the deal is expected to commence in November 2022, with the setting up of units, across Ghana, over a period of two years

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 21 December 2021

India's downstream industry yet to tap its huge export potential

Expensive land around ports, high cost of containers, lack of feedstock availability, and obsolete labor policies are among the major challenges

Technology
Technology | 21 December 2021

Worley awarded a services contract by Imperial Oil

The WorleyCord team will execute the module fabrication and assembly of the project’s first two phases at WorleyCord’s Edmonton modularization yard

Chemical
Chemical | 21 December 2021

Specialty chemicals price trend in Oct 21

Lauryl alcohol prices have remained stable in past two quarters and LAB price dipped marginally on QoQ basis.

Chemical
Chemical | 21 December 2021

Hexion to be acquired by private equity firm American Securities

The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022, following and conditioned upon the closing of the Company’s previously announced sale of its Epoxy business to Westlake

Sustainability
Sustainability | 21 December 2021

Birla Carbon closes first sustainability linked loan of US $750 mn

Announcement is of added significance as the company has announced the launch of Continua brand of Sustainable Carbonaceous Materials and its aspiration to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050

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