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Chemistry World December 22, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
Chemical facility anti-terrorism laws renewed for four years The measure makes a series of key changes to the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2014 |
Freedom Industries' president arrested for fraud Gary Southern's arrest followed a criminal complaint from the FBI, which accuses him of making numerous false statements about his role at Freedom and his knowledge of conditions at the facility where the leak occurred. |
Chemistry World December 8, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
Huntsman looks to cut jobs and titania capacity US specialty chemicals firm Huntsman is cutting 900 jobs in its pigments and additives business to save about $130 million annually by mid-2016. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
DuPont quantifies scale of deadly chemical leak DuPont has quantified the amount of methyl mercaptan that leaked from its plant in La Porte, US, last month, killing four workers. |
Chemistry World December 2, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
US moves to tighten ozone limits The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tightening air quality standards for ground-level ozone, a constituent of smog. Industry groups said the new measures were too stringent. |
Chemistry World November 26, 2014 Phillip Broadwith |
Syngenta to cut or relocate 1800 jobs in 2015 Agrochemical heavyweight Syngenta has initiated a global restructuring plan that will see around 1800 roles either cut or moved to different sites. |
Chemistry World November 20, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
Methyl mercaptan leak kills four workers A chemical leak at a DuPont plant near La Porte, US killed four workers and hospitalized another on 15 November. The cause of the accident remains under investigation, but it involved a methyl mercaptan leak. |
Chemistry World November 14, 2014 Katrina Kramer |
Dow to sell nitroalkenes unit for $1.2bn Dow Chemical has agreed the sale of its subsidiary, nitroalkane specialist Angus Chemical, for $1.2 billion to investment company Golden Gate Capital. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2014 Eugene Gerden |
Russian sanctions hurt chemical industry The Russian chemical industry is facing problems importing foreign equipment and machinery, owing to sanctions imposed on Russia by Western countries. |
Chemistry World November 12, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
Republican gains may spur US chemical rules reform Now that Republicans control both the House of Representatives and the Senate momentum is building to reform the nation's 40-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act, according to chemical industry groups. |
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