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Speciality chemicals manufacturer Albemarle (ALB) has agreed to transfer 40% interests in two lithium hydroxide conversion units to Australia’s Mineral Resources Limited (MRL).
Canadian engineering procurement, and construction services provider SNC-Lavalin has won a commissioning services contract with US-based oil and gas company ExxonMobil/SABIC.
Dutch speciality chemicals company Nouryon has purchased Chinese triethyl aluminium (TEAL) maker Zhejiang Friend Chemical (Friend) for an undisclosed amount.
US-based KBR has received approval to start the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the Geismar 3 methanol project.
US-based PPG has signed a definitive agreement with private equity firm Sverica to purchase aerospace and industrial application materials manufacturer Dexmet.
German firm BASF is set to make an investment in speciality chemicals business to increase the production capacity of Tinopal CBS optical brighteners at its Monthey site in Switzerland.
Air Liquide company Airgas has opened its new liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice facility in Stockton, California, US.
Austrian oil and gas firm OMV will invest €64m in the construction of an ISO C4 plant at the Burghausen Refinery in Germany.
South Korean firm Lotte Chemical has said that it will build a petrochemical joint venture with GS Energy in South Korea.
US petrochemical company Chevron Phillips Chemical and Qatar Petroleum have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new petrochemical plant in the US Gulf Coast region.
