Author - James Barr

After a slight decline in 2015, the US industrial gas market returned to growth in 2016 by posting total revenues of $20bn – growth of 2%. The key event of 2016 was of course the...

In 2016, the North African industrial gases business – incorporating Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia – generated revenues of $330m, up from $150m in 2006, indicating an average annual growth rate of just over...

gasworld Business Intelligence investigates how the Chemical Activity Barometer relates to the US industrial gases business.

Air Products has announced a successful contract extension with Barrick Goldstrike, to continue to operate and maintain an oxygen plant at the company’s mine in Elko, Nevada.

The proposed business combination between Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG has gained unconditional anti-trust clearance in Russia. This marks the first publicly official anti-trust approval for the Linde-Praxair merger.

In 2016, the US market was valued at around $20bn. This is an increase from 2015 revenues, which stood at $19.6bn.

In 2016, the Southern African industrial gases business generated revenues of $535m, which is up from $210m in 2006, indicating an average annual growth rate of just over 8%.

In the last installment of the regional markets series, gasworld Business Intelligence investigates the structure and future prospects of New England’s industrial gas market.

In the seventh instalment of the regional markets series, gasworld Business Intelligence investigates the structure and future prospects of the South East’s industrial gas market.

After a rather disappointing year for the global industrial gases business in 2015, many hoped that 2016 would mark the start of a much-needed recovery. Yet, as all major industrial gas companies released their second...