24.11.2016
- Supporters and opponents of fracking in Scotland continue to be divided as to the merits of shale gas exploration, but more than half of those responding to a poll taken after...
24.11.2016
- As it prepares to merge with compatriot Dow Chemical, US chemical giant DuPont has announced it will eliminate its pension contribution for active employees. In a filing with the...
23.11.2016
- Dutch group Stahl has acquired US flame retardant specialist Eagle Performance Products for an undisclosed sum. The addition of water-based flame retardants opens up endless...
23.11.2016
- Leading phosphate exporter Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian Ministry of Public Enterprise to build a $3.7 billion fertilizer plant...
23.11.2016
- Two former private investigators, the British-Chinese husband and wife team of Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, have filed suit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a US district court...
23.11.2016
- Evonik Resource Efficiency, an offshoot of Essen-based chemical producer Evonik, has announced it will expand capacity of its Rohacell brand foam production facility at Darmstadt...
22.11.2016
- US paints, coatings and materials company PPG Industries has purchased the remaining 50% stake in PP Univer, its Italian joint venture with Univer Italiana. Financial terms were...
22.11.2016
- DuPont Industrial Biosciences will supply its Fibrezyme G4 enzymes to Miavit, a German provider of feedstuffs, supplement, minerals and vitamins. Miavit will use the enzymes in...
22.11.2016
- A find in western Texas of what is being billed as the largest-ever shale oil and gas reserves at a single site – possibly worth as much as $900 billion in revenue – is exciting...
22.11.2016
- BASF has announced it is selling its Inorganic Specialties business to Cleveland, Ohio, USA-based private equity investor Edgewater Capital Partners. The business includes a...
