Company Dynamic

Glencore on Monday said it was looking to sell a second Australian coal mine, part of the Swiss-based resource giant's rethink on how it deploys capital as its reins in debt and commodities prices rise.

• Glencore

BP Zhuhai has restarted the 1.1 million unit which had been shut since last Friday. The 1.25 million unit was in restarting process and the unit was shut due to Typhoon.

• PTA
• BP

Paints and Coatings Manufacturers Nigeria Plc and Avon Crowncaps & Containers (Nig.) Plc have commenced the process of being delisted from the daily official list of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

• Paints
• Avon

LyondellBasell's Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (ACP) polyethylene technology has been selected by Shandong Shougang Luqing for a planned 350kta high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in China.

• LyondellBasell
• HDPE

BASF SE and BSE Engineering have signed an exclusive joint development agreement where BASF will provide custom made catalysts for a new chemical energy storage process.

• BASF

SE and Proagrica have signed a development and operation agreement to bring one of the first farm management system interfaces to market.

• BASF

Covestro AG has announced managerial changes in its polyurethanes and coatings, adhesives, specialities segments effective 1, September 2017.

• Covestro

ExxonMobil has purchased a 94-acre manufacturing site that includes a historic rubber plant — but the company doesn’t plan to restart its operations.

• ExxonMobil

Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) have launched bidding for engineering work on their joint crude oil to chemicals project, industry sources said, a key step towards developing the $20-billion-plus complex.

• Saudi
• Aramco
• SABIC

Toray Industries Inc has decided to construct a new polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compound production facility at Hungarian site of its US subsidiary Zoltek Companies Inc, the world’s largest supplier of large tow carbon fibres.

• Toray

ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM) said that a fire broke out at its refinery in Rotterdam but that there were no injuries and most of the facility remained operational.

• ExxonMobil

BASF SE has reached the next milestone for its latest fungicide active ingredient Revysol.

• BASF

KWR said that it will be presenting how its DUSTGRIP dust suppressants and MINETECH ground control agents support a safe work environment and offer compliance solutions.

• Quaker

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd joint venture has started production at Gbaran-Ubie phase 2, a key project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.

• Shell

PPG Industries Inc (PPG) announced the completion of a Colorful Communities project in Kecskemet, Hungary, that helped revitalize the learning environment of the Corvin Matyas primary school.

• PPG

BASF SE has become the first extruded polystyrene (XPS) producer to receive a construction type approval for extruded foam boards welded in a contactless process.

• BASF

The US government has initiated an investigation of China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The investigation will seek to determine whether acts

• U.S.
• Govt

BP Zhuhai has lowered run rates of 1.25 million mt/yr PTA unit in sight of Typhoon Hato yesterday and has shut it today. Besides, the maintenance of the 1.1 million unit may be prolonged.

• BP
• PTA

PJSC Lukoil said it has launched the main production and process facilities at the South-West Gissar project in southeastern Uzbekistan (OGJ Online, Nov. 16, 2016; Mar. 28, 2012).

• Lukoil

Hengli Petrochemical has shut its 1# 2.2 million mt/yr PTA unit by half due to technical glitch.

• PTA