26.04.2017
- US coatings giant PPG has launched a third and what it called a last friendly bid for rival AkzoNobel. The latest offer is at €96.75 per ordinary share, including dividend. It...
25.04.2017
- Pharma chiefs are urging European heads of state to decide sooner rather than later on the new location for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is due to leave the UK as a...
25.04.2017
- Polish companies Grupa Azoty and Tauron have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to construct a coal gasification plant. Grupa Azoty said the LoI marks its entry into making chemicals...
25.04.2017
- Consistent with the Kingdom’s Saudi Vision 2030 strategy, Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser, speaking at a recent global energy summit in New York, said the group will...
25.04.2017
- Following all approvals, Cologne, Germany-based Lanxess has completed its acquisition of Chemtura, Phliadelphia-headquartered US specialty chemicals producer for €2.4 billion. The...
24.04.2017
- UK specialty chemical and technology group Johnson Matthey has announced it is reorganizing its corporate divisions with immediate effect. It has retained four divisions but some...
24.04.2017
- Hanwha Total Petrochemical, the 50:50 joint venture between South Korean conglomerate Hanwha and French energy group Total, will spend $450 million to increase ethylene production...
24.04.2017
- The US government will not allow ExxonMobil to bypass US sanctions against Russia to resume drilling for oil in a joint venture with Moscow-based Russian oil group Rosneft. The oil...
24.04.2017
- After a major slowdown in 2016, new drug approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration rose sharply in the first quarter of 2017, according to a report by EP Vantage. Up to mid...
21.04.2017
- Following the conclusion of a feedstock supply agreement in May 2016, Saudi companies Maydan Industry for Industrial Development & Investments, Ahmed Kassim Al-Amoudi Group and...
