10.05.2012
- A U.S. Senate panel has launched a probe of possible links between three drugmakers and nonprofit medical groups that advocated for increasing the use of prescription painkillers...
10.05.2012
- BASF announced the acquisition of Equateq, a manufacturer of highly concentrated omega-3 fatty acids. Equateq has a production site located on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland with 47...
10.05.2012
- AkzoNobel has reached an agreement to supply coatings for the roof of Brazil's famous Maracanã Stadium - which will host a major soccer final in 2014. The contract was secured via...
10.05.2012
- PetroChina is in talks to buy Valero Energy's shuttered refinery in Aruba, sources said, the latest move by China's oil giants to take advantage of a global refining downturn to...
10.05.2012
- GlaxoSmithKline will take its $2.6 billion bid for long-time partner Human Genome Sciences direct to shareholders this week, after its takeover offer was rejected last month by the...
10.05.2012
- U.S. oil group ConocoPhillips has hired BNP Paribas to help sell its Nigerian assets, including on-shore, off-shore oil and gas fields and a stake in its LNG Brass facility...
09.05.2012
- Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes, has announced the first shipment of the company's Bacillus-derived hyaluronic acid, Hyasis, from its newly inaugurated manufacturing...
09.05.2012
- Ineos Olefins & Polymers Europe confirmed that it is considering strategic options for the future of its HDPE businesses at Rosignano and Sarralbe, including a divestment to...
09.05.2012
- Over the next eighteen months, Sabic will invest €135 million in safety, energy conservation and the environment at their production site in Geleen. On April 11, an upgrade project...
09.05.2012
- German potash miner K+S has agreed to sell its nitrogen fertilizer distribution business to Russia's EuroChem, reinforcing its focus on salt and potash mining. The deal values the...