06.10.2015
- Canada’s Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan has withdrawn its €41 per share offer for potash and salt producer K+S. In reaction to the news, Shares in K+S plunged, while Potash shares...
05.10.2015
- LyondellBasell has completed the acquisition of SJS Plastiblends, a polypropylene compounder based at Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. The Rotterdam-headquartered petrochemicals and...
05.10.2015
- BASF has expanded its production site at Littlehampton, UK, to meet growing global demand for biological solutions for agriculture and horticulture. Capacity for beneficial...
02.10.2015
- Johnson Matthey has further boosted its fine chemicals arm with the acquisition of the Pharmorphix solid form research business based at Cambridge, England, from Sigma-Aldrich. The...
02.10.2015
- Evonik has announced plans for a new world-scale production facility for the amino acid DL-methionine at Singapore’s Jurong Island. If approved by the relevant company committees...
02.10.2015
- The European Chemistry Council CEFIC supports the EU’s reduction targets for CO2 ahead of discussions at the COP 21 climate talks in Paris, Solvay CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu said...
01.10.2015
- EcoVadis, the collaborative platform providing sustainability performance ratings and improvement tools for supply chains, and Together for Sustainability (TfS), the chemical...
01.10.2015
- BASF has lifted the force majeure it declared on certain products in the polyamide chain, including hexamethylenediamine (HMD), AH salt, PA 6.6 base polymer and compounds, in June...
24.09.2015
- Netherlands-based Corbion Purac has signed an agreement with Malladi Specialties Limited (MSL) of India covering marketing and supply of lactic acid and derivatives. Part of the...
24.09.2015
- Bayer CropScience has paid $5.6 million to settle violations of US chemical accident prevention laws stemming from a 2008 explosion that killed two people at its Institute, West...