The chemicals industry, one of the central cogs of the global economy, is on its way towards significant transformation.

A lack of competitiveness and supportive legislation has combined with soft demand to push firms to sell or close plants ...

Scientists at Tulane University have discovered a potentially greener way to produce a crucial industrial chemical used to ...

Chemical engineers have discovered that adding nickel atoms to silver catalysts could revolutionize the production of ethylene oxide by eliminating the need for toxic chlorine while maintaining ...

Cornerstone Chemical Co. is ending production of the plastics feedstock acrylonitrile in Waggaman, La.

India's agrochemical industry is witnessing growing demand in Europe, supported by a regulatory environment that increasingly ...

Origin’s main business is using waste wood to make zero-carbon and recyclable plastic precursor chemicals. Plastic ...

The chemical is used to make many everyday products from plastics and textiles to antifreeze and disinfectants.

The drug supply is constantly evolving, and some experts suggest that a “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic is underway, in ...

Ministers have been warned that sky-high energy costs are pushing Britain’s prized chemicals industry to breaking point after hundreds of jobs at two factories were plunged into doubt.

Scientists have discovered a potentially greener way to produce a crucial industrial chemical used to make many everyday ...