ICL Signs Contract to Supply China with 500,000 Tons of Potash Over Half a Year

ICL, a multinational fertilizer and specialty chemicals company, today announced that its ICL Fertilizers segment will supply its Chinese customers with 500,000 tons of potash in the first half of 2011, within the framework of its existing supply agreements with its Chinese customers. The price per ton is similar to recent prices concluded by other... 

ShengdaTech, Inc. Engages KPMG as New Independent Auditor

ShengdaTech Inc., a leading manufacturer of nano precipitated calcium carbonate and a major manufacturer of coal-based chemical products in Shandong Province, PRC, today announced that it has engaged KPMG as its new independent registered public accounting firm, effective November 11, 2008. KPMG replaces Hansen, Barnett & Maxwell, P.C., which was... 

Nexant Sees Bright Future for African Petrochemical Sector

As the petrochemical industry intensifies its global search for new chemical feedstock sources, a growing number of companies are looking closely at Africa’s largely underdeveloped and potentially vast hydrocarbon and mineral resources as an alternative source of supply. In a soon-to-be-initiated study—The African Petrochemical and Fertilizer Industry:... 

ShengdaTech Breaks Ground at New NPCC Facility in Zibo

ShengdaTech, Inc. a leading manufacturer of nano precipitated calcium carbonate (NPCC) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and a major manufacturer of coal-based chemical products in Tai’an City, Shandong Province, PRC, today announced that the Company has broken ground on its new NPCC facility in Zibo and has begun construction. The... 

Global Water Technologies Files Patent Application for On Site Sulfuric Acid Generation Process

Global Water Technologies, Inc., a technology driven water purification and services provider to the $400 billion water industry, announced that it had filed a provisional patent application for its newly developed Sulfuric acid generation process. Sulfuric acid is the world’s most widely used chemical and has seen a substantial increase in demand...