Continuing to battle against a hostile market environment, Dow says it plans to cut 4,500 jobs—13% of its workforce—as part ...

China’s massive petrochemical capacity expansion is hitting other Asian countries hard. In Japan, four ethylene crackers are set to close in the coming years, reducing the number of operating units in ...

Japan's Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical are merging their ethylene production, promoting decarbonization and optimizing capacity in western Japan.

Saudi Ethylene and Polyethylene Company (SEPC), a joint-venture partly owned by Saudi-listed National Industrialisation ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Group and Asahi Kasei have decided to shutter a jointly operated ethylene production ...

The Dow Chemical Co. plans to permanently cease operations at petrochemical and specialty chemical production sites in Germany and the UK as part of a strategy to maintain competitiveness of its ...

MILAN/HOUSTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A wave of closures and disposals is reshaping the global petrochemical sector as companies around the world rethink their exposure to markets as they adjust to ...

Formosa Petrochemical Corp (FPCC), Taiwan's largest private refiner, will extend the shutdown of the oldest cracker at its Mailiao complex indefinitely, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday, as it ...