(EnergyAsia, August 14, Friday) — German specialty chemical firm Lanxess said it has decided to postpone the construction of its 400-million-euro butyl rubber facility on Singapore’s Jurong island due to the global economic crisis. (US$1=0.7 euro). The Leverkusen-based company had originally planned for the 100,000-tonne-per-year plant to start up in 2012. “We expect the new…