DL Chemical’s Cariflex to build $384 million latex plant in Singapore

South Korea’s DL Chemical Co., a unit of the petrochemical-to-construction conglomerate DL Group, said on Thursday it is spending 500 billion ...

Contrarian leader's bets drive Kumho Petrochem's record profits

At the end of last year, executives of Kumho Petrochemical Co. were in a heated debate on whether or not to expand the capacity of nitrile butadiene...

Rubber gloves make Korean petrochemical firms’ Q2 profit soar

South Korea’s leading petrochemical makers report their second-quarter sales and operating profit soared, boosted by strong sales of rubber gl...

LG Chem challenges top latex player Kumho with aggressive expansion

South Korea’s top chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. has vowed to leapfrog crosstown rival Kumho Petrochemical Co. to become the world’s top la...