08.03.2013
- China has delayed the introduction of genetically-modified rice and corn as it tries to head off public fears, leading government scientists said on Thursday. The world's largest...
07.03.2013
- AkzoNobel's new €90 million Jupiá Chemical Island in Brazil is now operational and has started supplying the Eldorado Brasil Celulose pulp mill, which is the biggest in the world...
06.03.2013
- DSM Pharmaceutical Products, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM, today announced the signing of a 3 year master supply agreement with Eisai, based in...
05.03.2013
- Cheaper generic drugs in 2012 brought down spending on treatments for common diseases like high cholesterol for the first time in 20 years, according to a report from the largest...
04.03.2013
- ECHA has published new proposals to identify a further 10 chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHCs). Several of the proposals in the current consultation are based on...
01.03.2013
- The strategic focus of Evonik's cyanuric chloride activities will in the future lie on servicing the international plastics, paper, textile and photovoltaics markets. Customers in...
28.02.2013
- The Barnett Shale formation in Texas will play a central role in the U.S. natural gas boom for a generation, according to a new in-depth report, the findings of which were released...
26.02.2013
- Canadian fertilizer producer Potash Corp of Saskatchewan says it is determined to buy most, if not all, of ICL Israel Chemicals and that stiff local opposition to such a takeover...
25.02.2013
- Investment firm Royalty Pharma has made a $6.6 billion bid approach to Elan, seeking to scupper the Irish drugmaker's plan to spend most of the proceeds from a major drug sale on...
23.02.2013
- U.S. farmers are clamoring for more drought-hardy corn seeds as the spring planting season nears and soils remain parched across large swaths of key growing areas, the head of one...
