24.01.2014
- BASF will cut a total of 250 jobs in moves to improve the efficiency of its Performance Chemicals segment by the end of 2015. As part of plans to adjust production to demand in its...
24.01.2014
- In the Lewino-1G2 vertical test well near Gdansk in northern Poland, gas exploration company San Leon Energy said it had found shale gas deposits that would yield up to 400,000...
24.01.2014
- The public health committee of the European Parliament (EP) has approved EU draft legislation that will require pharmaceutical producers and researchers to upload all results of...
24.01.2014
- The Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization (iBIO) today announced the election of Andy Hull as chairman of the iBIO Board of Directors, and the election of Linda Friedman, as...
23.01.2014
- Bayer has launched a bond issue worth €2 billion, taking advantage of low interest rates to raise debt capital. The German group said proceeds from the issue of three Eurobonds...
23.01.2014
- Dallas, Texas-based chemical producer Oxea has widened its capacity for specialty esters at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, by 20%. The company said its investment, designed to...
23.01.2014
- Saudi chemical giant Sabic is in talks with American firms about investing in the U.S. shale gas industry, and expects to enter that market this year, CEO Mohamed al-Mady told the...
23.01.2014
- In a not widely noticed scientific opinion delivered just before Christmas, EFSA said two neonicotinoid insecticides, acetamiprid and imidacloprid may affect the development of the...
23.01.2014
- Midway through a public consultation on bisphenol A (BPA), the European Food Safety Agency said on 17 Jan. it has identified "likely adverse effects" of the chemical on the liver...
22.01.2014
- New York-based $14 billion hedge fund Third Point has acquired a sizeable stake in Dow Chemical, and reports from the U.S. suggest the fund's chief executive Daniel S. Loeb is...
