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GCC petchem capacity 'to grow 50pc'The GCC petrochemicals and chemicals capacity is forecast to soar 50 per cent by 2020, according to Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (G PER CENTA)'s latest annual database update. The updated database foresees the More… |
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REVEALED: Man-made chemicals major health hazardMan-made chemicals in everyday products are likely to be at least the partial cause of a global surge in birth deformities, hormonal cancers and psychiatric diseases, a UN-sponsored research team reported on Tuesday. More… |
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Indorama signs deal for $1.2bn urea plantIndorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (IEFCL) has signed a financing package in Dubai to construct a greenfield $1.2 billion urea fertilizer project in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The financing for the project includes $80 More… |
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Strike hits Sabic's Europe plant outputA strike by workers at the Sabic Europe Chemicals Geleen plant in the Netherlands has lowered production, the company's Saudi Arabian owner said on Saturday, without specifying by how much. Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) More… |
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BASF opens hitech plant in BahrainBASF, one of the leading chemical companies in the world, on Wednesday opened its production plant for customer specific antioxidant blend (CSB), the largest facility of its kind worldwide, in Bahrain. This new facility, b More… |
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Sabic among top R&D spendersSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is the only company from the GCC region to make it to the list of world’s top innovation spenders since 2008, ranking 416th out of the 1,000-strong list, said a report. This is a ma More… |
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Rising chemicals a hazard, clean-up by 2020Increasing misuse of chemicals is causing health and environmental damage especially in emerging economies and governments must do more to carry out a promised clean-up by 2020, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. Productio More… |
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Accsys inks hitech wood production dealAccsys Technologies, the producer of high technology wood Accoya, has entered into a licence agreement with Rhodia Acetow, an unit of Solvay-Rhodia, the multinational chemicals and plastics conglomerate, for its production and sale acros More… |
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India ends Saudi anti-dumping measuresIndia has ended anti-dumping measures on Saudi Arabia for imports of polypropylene used in manufacturing plastics, Saudi's state news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting the country's deputy oil minister. India lifted anti-dumping More… |
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Health warning over use of cosmeticsWomen wear an average of 500 chemicals on their bodies every day and some pose serious health risks, according to a top expert. Sixty per cent of the chemicals can be found floating in the bloodstream and some are toxic when they touch the More… |
