17.06.2013
- An explosion and fire in a cracker on June 13 at the Williams olefins plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., has claimed two lives, according to local authorities. The first death...
17.06.2013
- In an update on its current business situation, insolvent PVC producer Kem One - the spun-off Arkema business - said production has returned to near-normal levels at all of its...
17.06.2013
- A company stuck in bankruptcy for 12 years may not seem like much of a catch, but investors have fallen in love with U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer W.R. Grace and its surging...
15.06.2013
- The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in...
14.06.2013
- A lack of reliability in Norway's outage-prone liquefied natural gas export plant is preventing deliveries to Asia this year, one of its owners said, in the latest sign of...
14.06.2013
- Yara has postponed the expansion of its fertilizer plant in Canada, as rising costs and a market oversupply reduce the viability of the project that analysts estimate would have...
14.06.2013
- Nestle said it will appoint Swiss scientist Stefan Catsicas as its new technology chief, as the world's biggest food group expands in health and nutrition. Catsicas, who began his...
13.06.2013
- Marathon Oil has tapped an Exxon Mobil executive to become its next CEO when Clarence Cazalot retires at the end of the year. Lee Tillman, Exxon Mobil's vice president of...
13.06.2013
- Catalent Pharma Solutions, a drug delivery technology and advanced supply solutions company, has announced a major expansion of its controlled release drug manufacturing facility...
13.06.2013
- When Kelly Martin, a former Merrill Lynch banker with no drug industry experience, took over as CEO of Ireland's Elan in 2003, analysts assumed his mandate was to clean up the...
