24.09.2012
- Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, announces it is increasing capacity at its precipitated silica plant in Etowah, Tennessee (U.S.). The expansion...
24.09.2012
- Wacker Chemie is expanding its production capacity in South Korea for vinyl acetateethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions. The Munich-based chemical group is constructing a new plant...
21.09.2012
- New projects should help French oil group Total confirm its 2010-2015 output target in a strategy update on Monday, although analysts will be keen to hear its big exploration...
21.09.2012
- British scientists have shot down a study on declining honeybee populations that triggered a French ban on a pesticide made by Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta. France's farm...
21.09.2012
- Syngenta, the world's No.1 agrobusiness company, is buying Belgian seed firm Devgen for €403 million ($522 million), paying a hefty premium to boost its position in rice and close...
21.09.2012
- The role of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry within Medicare should be expanded as a way to reduce the popular healthcare program's contribution to the federal deficit without...
20.09.2012
- BASF, the world's largest chemicals maker, is to buy U.S. crop protection company Becker Underwood from buyout firm Norwest Equity Partners for $1.02 billion to boost its farming...
20.09.2012
- Pressure from governments to lower drug prices risks undermining medical innovation, Bayer's chief executive Marjin Dekkers said on Wednesday, echoing complaints of other drug...
20.09.2012
- BP is in talks with Rosneft that may result in the British oil major acquiring at least 12.5% of the Russian state oil firm, the Kommersant financial daily reported on Thursday...
20.09.2012
- Private equity firms Advent International and Rhone Group have emerged as the lead bidders for Cytec Industries's coating resins business that could fetch around $1 billion...
