30.05.2011
- New Players - A major shift in the competitive landscape of the worldwide chemical industry is under way as new players from oil- and gas-producing countries and the high-growth...
01.04.2011
- Russian potash producer Uralkali said on Friday its net profit surged 83% in 2010, beating expectations as output and prices surged thanks to firm demand for the soil nutrient. Net...
21.03.2011
- Russian potash miners Uralkali and Silvinit expect to produce a combined 10.6 million tons of potash this year, up from 10.3 million tons in 2010, Uralkali's CEO said. The two...
15.03.2011
- Highest Levels - With state-of-the-art automation procedures, it is possible to reach significantly higher levels of efficiency in chemical production plants. These objectives can...
28.02.2011
- Russian potash miners Uralkali and Silvinit are set for a new legal challenge to their merger from fertilizer group Acron, which wants a better deal for its small Silvinit stake...
23.02.2011
- Russian potash miner Uralkali has appointed former CEO Vladislav Baumgertner to head the newly merged Uralkali-Silvinit, set to be the world's second biggest producer of the...
18.01.2011
- Feed The World - When DSM's CEO Feike Sijbesma was awarded the UN's 2010 Humanitarian of the Year Award, it put the chemical industry in a new light. Sijbesma, who won the award...
14.01.2011
- Russian potash miner Uralkali said on Thursday that the ISS proxy advisory service recommended shareholders vote in favor of its planned merger with domestic rival Silvinit. "This...
10.01.2011
- The European Commission plans a significant cut in the punitive tariffs it imposed last year on Chinese-made fiberglass used in the clean technology sector, EU diplomats and people...
14.12.2010
- Within hours of President Barack Obama signing into law last March the healthcare reforms he had championed, several states filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of new...
