11.07.2013
- China warned on Wednesday of a "grim" outlook for trade after a surprise fall in June exports, raising fresh concerns about the extent of the slowdown in the world's second-largest...
09.07.2013
- U.S. chemical producer Huntsman has signed a binding agreement to acquire polyols specialist Oxid for an undisclosed sum. Under the Terol brand name, the privately owned company...
08.07.2013
- Saltigo has signed an agreement with Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo for the provision of contract manufacturing services; this comes ahead of Daiichi Sankyo's plans to commercialize...
08.07.2013
- The United States and the European Union began talks on Monday on a landmark bilateral free trade agreement, despite European concerns about U.S. spying that had threatened to...
08.07.2013
- BASF is upgrading production of its Koresin brand phenolic resin at the group's Ludwigshafen, Germany, headquarters. As part of the effort, capacity is being expanded by 50% with...
05.07.2013
- Germany's Rhein Chemie, a subsidiary of specialty chemicals producer Lanxess, has opened its first Russian production facility. The new 1,500 t/y plant at Lipetsk will manufacture...
05.07.2013
- Opinion - Technology that would convert carbon dioxide from a scourge on the climate to beneficial products is inching towards commercial reality and is already cheaper than carbon...
03.07.2013
- Exploiting a loophole in Western sanctions, Iran is importing a high grade of refined alumina ore from several European countries including Germany and France that Tehran could be...
02.07.2013
- On July 2, the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) went into full force: All APIs imported into the EU must be accompanied by written confirmations of quality by the regulatory...
01.07.2013
- Monsanto's unapproved, experimental genetically engineered wheat, which is feared to have potentially contaminated U.S. wheat supplies after it was found growing in an Oregon field...