26.05.2011
- Greece's second-biggest refiner Motor Oil said on Wednesday profit jumped fivefold in the first quarter, beating analysts' forecasts, helped by increased output and the higher...
26.05.2011
- Mosaic has completed its recapitalization and split-off from agribusiness giant Cargill. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, it said Cargill had...
24.05.2011
- A U.N. scientific body said on Monday it would study the radiation impact of Japan's nuclear disaster on people and the environment, but it did not expect to detect any major...
23.05.2011
- French industrial gases group Air Liquide signed on Saturday a long-term agreement to supply nitrogen to state oil giant Saudi Aramco. Under the 20-year deal, the French firm will...
23.05.2011
- Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical said on Friday that planned maintenance on the No.2 naphtha cracker at its Kashima plant, with capacity to produce 453,000 tons of ethylene per year...
23.05.2011
- Chinese state-owned oil and chemicals company Sinochem received EU regulatory approval on Thursday for its purchase of a 50% stake in Dutch chemicals firm DSM's anti-infectives...
23.05.2011
- Laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc agreed to acquire private-equity owned Phadia, maker of allergy and autoimmune tests, for about $3.5 billion to expand in...
20.05.2011
- U.S. chemicals group DuPont said on Thursday it had begun a squeeze-out of minority shareholders in Danish company Danisco after owners of more than 90% of the stock accepted its...
19.05.2011
- Japan's Idemitsu Kosan said it restarted the naphtha cracker at its Chiba plant, east of Tokyo, on Thursday after scheduled maintenance. The 374,000 tons per year cracker, which...
19.05.2011
- Japan's top oil refiner, JX Nippon Oil & Energy, said on Wednesday it has completed a 3,000 barrels per day experimental high severity fluid catalytic cracker at its Mizushima-A...
