Petrochemical industry – Page 7
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Business
China clamps down on polluting factories
Thousands of factories face closure or sanctions as authorities exercise new powers to curb air and water pollution
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Business
China moves in on US shale gas
Alaska and West Virginia have welcomed investment from Chinese entities to develop US shale resources
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Business
ExxonMobil agrees to install pollution controls
Settlement with US government compels firm to improve emissions control and monitoring at eight chemical plants
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Opinion
Are trade sanctions fair?
How much should markets be protected from cheaper imports? When does healthy competition become ‘dumping’?
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Business
Hurricane damage squeezes supply chains
Industry and government working to minimise impact of shortages of olefin feedstocks and medical products
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Business
Ex-Chemours worker tried to steal trade secrets
Employee intended to sell confidential information about sodium cyanide to Chinese investors to set up competing plants
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Business
Hurricanes’ chemical consequences
Gulf coast petrochemical plants move to restart operations, while concerns persist about the fallout from hurricane Irma
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Business
Asia’s age of regulation
Safety legislation and data sharing in Asia is making progress but highlights a global challenge
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Business
Hurricane hammers US chemical industry
Petrochemical sites along Houston’s seaboard are offline, and flooding has caused explosions at an Arkema facility
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Business
LyondellBasell to build world’s largest propylene oxide plant
Petrochemical giant gets go-ahead for most expensive project to date
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Business
Ukraine plans to privatise state chemical producers
Government aims to develop struggling industry by attracting foreign investment
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Business
Explosion kills 10 at Chinese petrochemical plant
Nine others injured when gas tanker exploded in loading area
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Business
Ineos expands North Sea oil and gas operations
Purchase of Danish Dong Energy and BP’s Forties pipeline will feed Grangemouth refinery
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Business
Dow will face dioxin suit
US appeals court rules property owners have a valid case over soil contamination
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Business
BP to sell Chinese joint venture stake to Sinopec
Oil giant retains significant investment in China, but is shifting focus
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Business
Brexit raises regulatory worries
Risk of doubling legal burden for industry undermines referendum’s ‘red-tape cutting’ claims
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Business
Carbon Clean Solutions and Veolia team up to expand carbon capture and re-use
New partnership will further develop the use of carbon capture technology on industrial scale