Reuters reports that Sinopec Corp is planning to increase its investment in fine chemicals at its Maoming-Zhanjiang refining base in southern China.

BASF announced plans to expand production capabilities at its Chattanooga plant to strengthen the company´s position as a supplier of emulsion polymers for the paper, paperboard and carpet industries in North America.

Increased research in weed control is urgently required now to address the severe agricultural problems of today and tomorrow. This was a fundamental consensus among all participants of a two-day symposium in Frankfurt and Monheim organized by Bayer Cropscience...

Fluor announced that its global alliance framework agreement with Yara Belgium, European producer of ammonia and nitrate fertilizer, has been extended by three years and expanded to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to support the client's global operations.

During a field test at H.C. Starck in Goslar, Germany, the new Sitrans FC430 Coriolis flowmeter demonstrated exceptional stability and reliability in measuring the concentration of tungsten metal. Other benefits of particular interest to H.C. Starck included the meter’s multi-parameter measurement capability and its modular design, which facilitates easy operation and servicing.

A bearing failure and resulting gasket leak caused LSB Industries to shut down its chemical factory at Cherokee, Alabama. Repairs could take a whole month, LSB speakers stated.

Russia's biggest private oil group Lukoil commissions Glatt Ingenieurtechnik again with the construction of a plant for the production of sodium cyanide (NaCN), a chemical that is mainly used in gold mining.

Oxea has started to build a second world-scale propanol unit at its production site at Bay City, Texas, USA.

On April 6, 2011, BASF opened its new Polyurethane (PU) Solutions System House at the just recently completed BASF site in Dubai Industrial City (DIC) with an official ceremony.

Solidifying melts and viscous fluids on a steel belt offers a number of advantages including low-dust generation and extremely uniform granules. With its GMP-compliant, steel belt-based Rotoform pastillation system, Ipco offers a solution with particular appeal to manufacturers of foodstuffs, cosmetics and drugs.