This week's issue of ICIS Chemical Business looks at the chemical industry in Asia, and specialties editor Doris De Guzman looks at Singapore's increased investment in consumer products businesses.

Global editor Joe Chang looks at the big Dow/Rohm and Haas deal, with editors Clay Boswell and Andy Brice discussing their articles for the current Electronic Materials issue of ICIS Chemical Business. Clay examines the organic electronic chemicals market, while Andy takes a look at consumer trends impacting the electronic chemicals market.

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis discuss the big stories of the week
Dow bids successfully for Rohm and Haas in $18bn deal
Ashland bids for Hercules in $3bn
Cal Dooley named as ACC president

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Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk about
Price rises
Hunsman and Hexion
Solutia looking at polyamide 6,6 business
PKN Orlen
CEFIC’s view of next six months
VCI on Carbon trading

This week, global editor Joe Chang looks at Apollo Management and Hexion Specialty Chemicals trying to cancel their acquisition of Huntsman, and pharma editor Feliza Mirasol, in conjunction with the special reports on India for the July 7 issue of ICIS Chemical Business, examines the improved R&D processes of India's pharmaceutical industry.

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk about the business of the week
Huntsman and Apollo in Court
Wellman aims to leave bankruptcy
US economy
Credit crisis and product finance
Major energy projects in the middle East
Cefic and Reach

ICIS’ Anna Jagger talks with Peter Cartwright, executive director for environment, health and safety at Dow Corning about how his company sees sustainability and on investments in the silicon sector. The interview took place at the Green Supply Chain Summit in London in late June.

The June 23 issue of ICIS Chemical Business looks at the soaps and detergents market, and specialties editor Doris De Guzman discusses her article regarding the importance of green certifications to the cleaning industry.

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk about:

The oil price
Hexion, Huntsman and litigation
Rhom and Haas’ restructure and ratings
Drilling for oil in the US
Lyondellbasell polypropylene compounding
The base oil blues (for some)

The June 16 issue of ICIS Chemical Business looks at agricultural chemicals.

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk over key issues in the global chemical industry this week:
The oil price and knock-on effects in chemicals
Ineos credit outlook changes: S&P
Mergers and Acquisitions
A fine for a European sodium chlorate cartel
Reach and a bigger role for lawyers

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk through key news events in the global chemical industry this week.
The oil price
Dow Chemical Settles with Kreinberg and Reinhard
CVC buys 25% of Evonic
Jack Gerrard leaves the American Chemistry Council (ACC) for the American Petroleum Institute (API).

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Marc Fermont, of Districonsult talks to Will Beacham about the challenges facing players in the global chemical distribution business.

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk about:
the impact of the Chinese earthquake on the fertiliser and titanium dioxide markets
Lanxess and Arkema bucking the trend and raising prices
Chances of the Huntsman Hexion deal going ahead

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Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk about:
BP’s Texas City repercussions
First quarter numbers from Rhodia, Akzo Nobel, Georgia Gulf, Ciba,
Kazan Orgsintez debt ratings
Bioethanol good or bad, the jury’s debating this week
Cellulosic ethanol
Dalem’s $888m Saudi deal win
More on Abu Dahbi’s plans in petrochemicals

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk about key chemical industry news from around the world.

Oil Company profits
The Ineos strike in the UK
Sibur on the block

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First quarter results from DuPont BASF Dow Eastman Merck
Sibur’s Management want 70% in a buyout
Bisphenol A in the US
Strike at Grangemouth in the UK affects ethylene, propylene and polymers. UK gasoline prices could be hit

Looking at the economy. How do BASF, Shell, Ineos and ChemSystems see the next couple of years, we report back from the NPRA.

What’s happening with RAG’s privatisation and who’s in the frame for BASF’s styrenics business.

Alberta’s tar sands

Ivan Lerner, ICIS’ commodities editor talks to Nova’s Gran Thompson about the potential buried in Alberta’s oil sands.

In the week NPRA kicks off, Nigel Davis and Simon Robinson discuss Wal-Mart starting chemicals screening, the US EPA's decision to test high volume inorganic chemicals and latest developments in the Middle East.

Andy Brice talks with Nick Savvides about the latest in chemical shipping trade worldwide, plus financial difficulties at SH Marine and Vinship's plans to diversify

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis discuss GAIL and Reliance Industries' plans to pursue joint mega petrochemical projects, PetroVietnam taking an 18% stake in Long Son's petrochemical project in south Vietnam, ExxonMobil's plans to boost cracker capacity in Asia and the Middle East and Brazil's soaring ethanol output.

ICIS's Nigel Davis and Simon Robinson discuss: Dow naming business units it could sell; Braskem completing Ipiranga Group deal; Huntsman studying global MDI expansion; Henkel selling Ecolab to pay for National Starch; and Blackstone mulling buying a stake in Evonik

Nigel Davis and Simon Robinson discuss: Dow naming business units it could sell; Braskem completing Ipiranga Group deal; Huntsman studying global MDI expansion; Henkel selling Ecolab to pay for National Starch; and Blackstone mulling buying a stake in Evonik

John Baker and Nigel Davis discuss: BASF's financial results for 2007, Gulf Petroleum's plans for an integrated oil, gas and petrochemicals complex in Malaysia, the sale of Rail4chem to France's Veolia Cargo and US toy retailer Toys"R"Us' plans to phase out phthalates

The latest chemical shipping news from ICIS, including a look at Camillo Eitzen's fourth quarter 2007 results

ICIS's Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis discuss: Total Petrochemicals' planned $1bn spend in 2008; the future of DSM's melamine assets at Geleen; Invista's new scavenger for PET; and consultancy McKinsey's predictions of white biotech sales reaching €125bn 'soon'

Solutia sues its bankers
Big week for biofuels
Duqm
Celanese Q4
Nalco Q4

ICIS' Simon Robinson and Nick Savvides talk about the latest in chemical shipping, including the effect of Chinese New Year on trade, further expansion plans by the Port of Antwerp and Odfjell's financial results

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk through some of the key stories in the petrochmicals business this week.

DuPont, Eastman, Chevron-Phillips and Air Products, what did their latest trading quarters look like and how well placed are they for the up coming economic slow down.

Carbon Credits, what could the European Union’s plans for these mean for the petrochemicals business.

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Ineos buys VAM and Ethyl Acetate from BP
First signs of results from the fourth quarter of 2007
China to ban plastic bags
New oil price forecast for 2008-01-11

Sir John Harvey Jones, former chairman of ICI dies.

Air Products Weblink

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Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk through some of the most important news stories from over the Christmas break.

$100/bbl oil and its impact on petchems
Takeover completions between Akzo Nobel and ICI, PPG and Sigma Kalon and Basell Lyondell
2007 as a record year for mergers and acquisitions in chemicals
Will Petkim be privatised or not?
Japanese firms interest in the Egyptian chemical sector

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk through what lies behind key chemicals industry news stories at the end of 2007.

Dow and PIC
Evonik
Clariant and Lanxess
M&A
Nufarm rebuffs ChemChina

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John Richardson’s letter from Singapore.
This month John muses on the accuracy of petrochemical forecasts.

Commodities editor Ivan Lerner examines automotive applications for the chemical industry, including attempts to create a more environmentally friendly car

Kevin Swift, chief economist at the American Chemistry Council, talks with Nigel Davis about his predictions and forecasts for the US economy

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk through some key stories this week:
The EC fines companies which ran a polychloroprene cartel,
Dow Chemical announces more restructuring moves,
UAP agrees to $2.6bn Agrium takeover
Evonik sells Rutgers coal tar business to Triton
LyondellBasell has levers to pull.

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Discussion of the latest developments in the Middle Eastern chemical industry with editor in chief Joe Chang and head of custom publishing John Baker

Anna Jagger talks to Geraldo Markus, export and market planning manager, Ipiranga Petroquimica about the mood in the South American chemical industry, reorganisation at Ipiranga now it is part of Braskem.

Manoel Carnauba, Braskem vice president for basic petrochemicals talks to Anna Jagger at APLA ’07 about the strength of the dollar, cracker shut downs in 2008, and increased domestic competition

Anna Jagger conversa com o Geraldo Markus sobre os temas importantes para a industria petroquimica na America Latina

Anna Jagger talks on the sidelines of Apla ’07 with Vitor Mallmann, vice president of Unipar about his firm’s plans for joint ventures.

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Anna Jagger talks on the sidelines of Apla ’07 with Vitor Mallmann, vice president of Unipar about his firm’s plans for joint ventures.

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Anna Jagger talks to Ed Gartner, director, world petrochemicals, SRI consulting about South American petrochemical markets.

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Each Year ICIS produces a list of the 40 most influential people in the global chemicals industry. If you think you know who our number 1 is this year, then email Simon.robinson@icis.com before 3 December 2007 with your answer and your name and address. If you win we’ll send you a bottle of champagne

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis talk about:
Mexico’s phoenix is dead – Garcia
Reach may hamper transhipments
Venezuela targets petchem investments
Shanghai Huayi to build $4bn base
French Strikes threaten chemicals
Oil price, Rhodia and price rises

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John Richardson of ICIS Chemical Business and Asian Chemical Connections presents the first of a regular series of shows about issues affecting the asian chemical industry.

Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis discuss
BASF becoming a European Company
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan planing $1.8bn expansion
HowRegionalisation may affect Asia/US prices
Lanxess stock
Hexion’s third quarter profits
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Ivan Lerner and Feliza Mirasol discuss the Latin American chemicals industry.
Feliza looks at the pharma market and Ivan examines Argentina’s gas woes

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Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis discuss:
The ICI Akzo Nobel deal
Gazprom’s downstream aspirations
Bayer Materials Science job cuts
$88bn Chemicals M&A in the first 9 months of 07
Exxon’s Jurong site to the firm’s largest integrated plant

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Simon Robinson and Nigel Davis discuss:
Solutia getting ready to climb out of bankruptcy protection
IOC considering two projects
Reliance’s plans for PTA and polyester plants in India
Shells plans in Singapore
Exxon’s plans in China
Chinese vinyl exports to the Middle East

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To mark the first special issue published in collaboration with Japan's The Chemical Daily, ICIS Chemical Business' commodities editor Ivan Lerner discusses with editor-in-chief Joe Chang the ways in which the West has learnt from Japan, and vice versa