Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)--Mitsui Chemicals Inc. said Monday it will build a pilot facility that will use carbon dioxide and hydrogen to make methanol, a material for plastics.

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Ho Chi Minh City, April 7 Kyodo - Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Mitsui Chemicals Inc.

Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)--Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Mitsui Chemicals Inc. said Thursday they will set up a joint venture in Nghi Son, Vietnam, in June to prepare for a project to build an oil refining and petrochemical complex there.

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)--Mitsui Chemicals Inc. said Monday it will stop making and selling optical filters for plasma display panel television sets at the end of this month.

Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--Mitsui Chemicals Inc. aims to boost its group operating profit to 130 billion yen and its return on assets to 7.5 pct in fiscal 2011, under a medium-term business plan announced Friday.