Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Nagoya, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese trader Toyota Tsusho Corp. said Wednesday it will sell in Asia, including Japan, polyethylene to be mass-produced from sugarcane by leading Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem SA by 2011.
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
In Brazil, Cluster de Bionergia announced that it will invest $1.8 billion in four sugarcane ethanol mills in the ceter-west section of the country, with operations schedule to commence by 2013. The four plants would add 264 Mgy in planned ethanol capacity once operational. Brazil’s Braskem to produce polyethylene from sugarcane ethanol on a commercial scale Brazilian [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
-- Strong Domestic Economy Drives Market Share for Resins -- Records Net Revenue of R$ 4.4 Billion and EBITDA of R$ 519 Million -- Posts Net Income of R$ 383 million -- Profitability Impacted by Raw Material Costs -- Cost Reduction Efforts Continue SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BRASKEM S.A. (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in...
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Favorable decision also includes the investment agreement between Braskem and Petrobras Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; L.. - Read more
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Favorable decision also includes the investment agreement between Braskem and Petrobras SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third-largest resin producer in the Americas, announces that Brazil's antitrust authority, CADE (Conselho Administrativo...
Chemical and Engineering News (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Predecessor Jose Grubisich will join parent company Odebrecht's bioenergy business
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Jose Carlos Grubisich will become CEO of ETH Bioenergia, the sugar and ethanol producer controlled by the Odebrecht group SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third-largest resin producer in the Americas, announces the start of a new cycle...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
HOUSTON, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) recently completed the Chemical Company Analysis (CCA) on Braskem SA, the second company report of the 2008 Edition.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) announces investments in the Southern Petrochemical Complex of more than R$1.0 billion over the next three years, as well as the decision to produce green polyethylene in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 31/05/2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third-largest resin producer in the Americas, announces the approval, by resolution of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting held this Friday, of the integration of the interests held by Petroquisa in the...
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 31/05/2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - New shareholders' agreement between Odebrecht and Petrobras consolidates strategic partnership Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: .. - Read more
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 31/05/2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 30 -- Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third-largest resin producer in the Americ...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BB+' rating to the proposed issuance of approximately US$400 million of notes due 2018 to be issued by Braskem Finance Ltd., a wholly
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 19/05/2008
Brazilian companies Petrobras and Braskem are seeking to invest around $2.5 billion in petrochemical projects in Peru, according to Reuters, which quoted senior company officials.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BRASKEM S.A. (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third-largest resins producer in the Americas, announces today its results for the first quarter of 2008 (1Q08). Main highlights of the period: -- Domestic resin sales grew 7% in 1Q08 -- Resins...
