24.03.2016
- With France’s Total, another Western petrochemicals player is moving back into Iran now that sanctions have been lifted. Various units of the vast group are seen to be negotiating...
24.03.2016
- As other companies delay plans for ambitious US petrochemical plants run on shale gas-derived feedstock as oil prices move further downward, Ineos appears to be pressing ahead. The...
24.03.2016
- US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has signed an agreement to acquire Padlock Therapeutics, a privately owned biotechnology firm based at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which...
24.03.2016
- Expressing serious concerns about the carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties of the herbicide active ingredient glyphosate, the European Parliament’s Environment (ENVI...
23.03.2016
- The theme for this year’s World Water Day proclaimed by the United Nations for March 22 was “Water and Jobs”. In getting the message out, the UN and its partners have underscored...
23.03.2016
- US private equity firm Bain Capital has sold its remaining 7.9% stake in Netherlands-based specialty chemicals distributor IMCD. Bain placed 4.2 million shares, priced at €31.25...
23.03.2016
- MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwait’s Equate Petrochemical, has announced it will build a world-scale MEG plant at Dow Chemical’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas...
23.03.2016
- J. Michael Pearson has stepped down as CEO of Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals two months after returning from a medical leave, as the company’s stock continues to bleed. One...
23.03.2016
- Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta, currently in the throes of being acquired by ChemChina for $43 billion, may soon have a new chief executive. That is, if none of the currently...
22.03.2016
- Process gases from chemical plants are regarded as a valuable energy source today and are being further used as combustion gases. As a result, service providers have come into...
