03.04.2017
- The state legislature of the US state of Maryland has voted to ban fracking in the state. Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican Party member, is expected to sign the measure formally...
03.04.2017
- Complying with the EU’s conditions for approval of its $130 million merger with Dow Chemical, DuPont has agreed to sell its chewing pest insecticides, broadleaf herbicides...
02.04.2017
- On 17 and 18 May 2017, decision-makers and specialists from all industries will come together with industrial maintenance experts to find out about the latest solutions, to...
31.03.2017
- With the shock waves from 2016’s most unanticipated events – Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president – still reverberating, the earth sometimes seems to be tilting...
31.03.2017
- UK energy giant BP will invest more than $25 million over two years in a consortium that will build and operate a wood elements acetylation plant in Hull, UK. The new company...
30.03.2017
- Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its 1.5 million t/y ethylene plant at Freeport, Texas, USA, with commissioning now underway and start-up expected by the middle of...
30.03.2017
- Former Valeant CEO Michael Pearson has filed suit in a district court in the US state of New Jersey against his employer, the Canada-headquartered, US-managed drugmaker. The...
30.03.2017
- DuPont has begun talks with employees of agrochemicals facilities it plans to divest in exchange for EU approval of its $130 million merger with Dow Chemical. According to US...
30.03.2017
- Japan’s Nippon Shokubai has agreed to buy Sirrus, a US-based company that has developed cost-advantaged technology to produce reactive monomers at high purities. The transaction is...
29.03.2017
- UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and US biotech Regeneron Pharmaceuticals are investing in a gene sequencing project that uses anonymous patient data held by the UK Biobank. The...
