01.04.2019
- A new report, published by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) and based on a study by Oxford Economics, provides a detailed assessment of the chemical...
01.04.2019
- Just two weeks after Safic-Alcan acquired 100% of UK distributor Langley-Smith the Paris, France-based specialty chemicals distributor announced that it has taken 100% of Luigi and...
31.03.2019
- Nouryon has announced plans to double production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at its Los Reyes site in Mexico. The company said the project is in support of the...
31.03.2019
- The county attorney of Harris County in Texas, Vince Ryan, has sued Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) over the multi-day blaze at its storage facility in the Deer Park...
31.03.2019
- US science services company Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to buy Brammer Bio for around $1.7 billion, the latest in a spate of gene therapy acquisitions this year by major...
29.03.2019
- Belgian chemical producer Solvay plans to increase its European capacity for hydroquinone by 20%, with the new capability to be in place by the second quarter of this year. Solvay...
29.03.2019
- Saudi Aramco has agreed to buy a 70% controlling stake in SABIC from the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) for $69.1 billion. “This is a win-win-win transaction and a...
29.03.2019
- Bayer’s $63 billion acquisition of US agribusiness giant Monsanto last year is turning into a nightmare of unexpected dimension for the German group’s image and its share price...
28.03.2019
- Lynas has rejected a $1.1 billion takeover bid from Wesfarmers. The rare earths mining company said it had evaluated the bid and “concluded that it will not engage with Wesfarmers...
28.03.2019
- Australian engineering company WorleyParsons has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Borouge for a fourth expansion of the petrochemicals complex at...
