Yanbu National Petrochemical Co. (Yansab) announced the completion of scheduled preventive maintenance and the restart of operations at its ethylene g ...

Braskem (NYSE:BAK) +1.8% in Monday's trading after saying it approved a plan to spend 4.2 billion reais (~$780 million) to increase the capacity of its petrochemical complex in Rio de Janeiro, adding ...

Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals and Mitsubishi Chemical have entered into an agreement to promote the decarbonisation and optimisation of ethylene production capacity in western Japan. The collaboration ...

Sustainea, a joint venture between the Brazilian chemical maker Braskem and the Japanese trading firm Sojitz, plans to build a biobased ethylene glycol plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The plant will be ...

An aerial view shows a petrochemical complex next to a body of water. The ethylene plant at this site in Mizushima, Japan, will close under a restructuring plan announced by three companies. Credit: ...

Dow will shut down three plants—two in Germany and one in the UK—with the aim of boosting overall profitability of its European business, the company said. Dow Chemical to shut down three European ...

Following media reports in September that ExxonMobil is considering selling or shutting down chemicals plants in Europe, the petrochemicals giant announced this week that it will permanently close its ...