28.02.2014
- In a deal expected to close in the second half of 2014, Bayer has said it will buy privately held Dihon Pharmaceutical Group, a maker of traditional herbal Chinese medicines (TCM)...
28.02.2014
- BASF has revised upward to €2.1 billion the expected peak sales potential of its crop protection R&D pipeline up to 2020. This represents an increase of €400 million over the...
28.02.2014
- The board of U.S. chemical producer Eastman has approved the repurchase of up to $1 billion of the company's common stock. Chief financial officer Curt Espeland said the buyback...
27.02.2014
- U.S. chemical industry investment projects related to shale gas have now exceeded a value of $100 billion, according to the industry association American Chemistry Council (ACC)...
27.02.2014
- Bayer group has now met its target for the acquisition of Norwegian pharmaceutical producer Algeta. The German group said on Feb. 26 it had received acceptance from an estimated 97...
27.02.2014
- German chemical producer Lanxess is apparently much deeper in the financial mire than initially believed. The specialty chemicals company said on Feb. 26 that impairment tests...
26.02.2014
- The UK's Unite trade union is once more taking legal action against Ineos, owner of the Grangemouth, Scotland, petrochemical site. Charging Ineos leaked confidential emails, the...
26.02.2014
- Canadian fertilizer giant Agrium said this week it will proceed with plans for a US$ 720 million expansion of a nitrogen plant at Borger, Texas. Plans include a new urea production...
26.02.2014
- The supervisory board of Spanish oil and petrochemicals giant Repsol has approved a definitive $5 billion settlement from Argentina over assets seized in 2012. This draws a line...
26.02.2014
- Unlike U.S. rivals such as Dow Chemical and DuPont, BASF has no plans to revive its share buyback program, the German group's CEO Kurt Bock told Reuters Inside TV. Interviewed in...
