02.06.2010
- BASF has in principle agreed with the private equity owners of Cognis on a takeover of the German maker of additives, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. BASF, the world's largest...
02.06.2010
- The U.S. government has launched a widely expected criminal and civil investigation into BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on...
02.06.2010
- A market mauling of oil and gas drilling-exposed stocks due to the Gulf of Mexico's persistent leak and resulting deepwater drilling moratorium has left only a few safe bets to...
01.06.2010
- Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Ilim Group to supply an integrated chlorine dioxide plant for Ilim's pulp mill project in Bratsk, Russia. The contract value to Aker...
31.05.2010
- Oil from BP's out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said on Monday, as public anger surged over the...
31.05.2010
- Novo Nordisk pulled some of its insulin drugs off the Greek market after an Athens order for drugmakers to slash prices, saying it fears such cuts could spread to larger markets...
31.05.2010
- At their annual general assembly meeting, members of the European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) unanimously elected Edgar E. Nordmann, chairman of the board of...
31.05.2010
- Air Liquide subsidiary Lurgi recently received an order from OJSC "TAIF-NK", Nijhnekamsk, Tatarstan, to manage the technology coordination for a hydrocracker and downstream process...
31.05.2010
- Mitsubishi Chemical and Asahi Kasei have agreed to set up a joint venture to operate their ethylene facilities at the same site from April 2011, the two chemical firms said on...
31.05.2010
- Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest producer of insulin, has refused to comply with the Greek government's order to pharmaceutical companies to cut prices by a...
