On December 13th Solutia Inc. announced to expand ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) encapsulant production at its Suzhou site,eastern China.The expansion is scheduled to be completed by late 2011."The photovoltaic market h...
Maleic anhydride is the third most important acid anhydride worldwide today,only surpassed by phthalic anhydride and acetic anhydride. Maleic anhydride is mainly used in the production of unsaturated polyester resin (...
Ashland Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new Natrosol (TM ) hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) production facility within the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in Nanjing,Jiangsu province on December 8th. The US$90 mill...
Chongqing Otsuka Huayi Chemical Co Ltd, a joint venture among ChongqingHuayi Group, Japan based Otsuka Chemical Co Ltd and HighChem CompanyLimited, announced on August 9th commercial startup of the project capable ofp...
Lunan Chemical Fertilizer Factory of Yankuang Group announced on August 2ndthe completion and startup of a 100 000 t/a acetic anhydride project at its existingfactory site in Mushi town, Tengzhou, Shandong province.It...
The 600 000 t/a natural gas to methanol plant of Qinghai Zhonghao Natural GasChemical Co Ltd (Zhonghao) came on stream at the end of June at Kunlun EconomicDevelopment Zone,Germu of Qinghai province,representing that ...
On May 3rd,Shanxi-Nairit SyntheticRubber Co Ltd,a joint venture betweenArmenian Nairit CJSC (40%) and ShanxiSynthetic Rubber Group Co Ltd (60%),asubsidiary of ChemChina,held an in inaugurationceremony for production o...
The urgency of water shortage will be at its peak whenever a massive drought occurs inany place. For instance, currently the severe drought has hit Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan provinces and Chongqing in southwes...
Shandong Hengtong Chemical Co., Ltd.was officially announced merged intoShandong Yangquan Coal Industry (Group)Co., Ltd. on March 26th with a ceremonyheld together for the startup of 200 000 t/a hydrogen peroxide plan...
Sinopec Corp’s Northeast Oil and Gas Co startedoutput from its Songnan gas filed, in Qianguocounty, Jilin province, on November 11th.Natural gas, through the Yaoyingtai-Bawu-Changchun pipeline, is being transported t...