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DES PLAINES, Ill. — Honeywell UOP’s Dr. Dean Rende has been selected to receive the 2012 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Gordon E. Moore Medal, which recognizes early-career success

ANDHRA, India — A reactor at an agrochemical plant in Andhra, India, exploded Saturday, injuring 10 workers, India Today reported. About 200 employees were reportedly working at the plant

PETERBOROUGH, England — A chemical manufacturer is blaming vandals for a leak of hazardous chemicals into England’s River Nene, which led to a massive fish kill last week, the

MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Co. has named Chief Commercial Officer Heinz Haller as president of Dow Europe, Middle East and Africa. The appointment will go into effect on

TOKYO — Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings today announced that it will close one of two ethylene plants at its Kashima complex in eastern Japan as part of a cost-cutting effort,

BEIJING — Four workers died and two suffered injuries after being exposed to cyanide at a chemical plant in eastern China, Xinhua reported. The incident took place Saturday in

AKRON, Ohio — A. Schulman, an international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins, has entered into a joint venture agreement with National Petrochemical Industrial Company of Jeddah, Saudi

LONDON — A large fire broke out May 28 at a chemical processing plant in south London, The Guardian reported. The blaze engulfed about half of the factory warehouse

BRASILIA — Brazilian prosecutors are asking a court to force Shell and BASF to pay $500 million into a compensation fund for workers who may have been contaminated at

PORT JEROME, France – Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is investing in its production site for high-performance rubber in Port Jérôme, France. The Group plans to invest some EUR 30