Keyword: Agrochemistry

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DuPont Profit Beats Estimates on Demand for Agriculture Chemicals, Seeds

23.04.2013 - Chemicals maker DuPont's quarterly profit beat analysts' estimates as higher sales of its seeds and agriculture chemicals offset weak demand for the once-lucrative titanium dioxide...

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Syngenta Shrugs Off Cold Weather to Post Solid Sales

18.04.2013 - Syngenta, the world's largest maker of crop chemicals, expects farmers to continue to invest in products to boost agricultural output despite a recent drop in commodity prices...

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Monsanto, DuPont Settle Lawsuits, Set New $1.75 Billion Deal

26.03.2013 - Monsanto and DuPont have settled a bitter legal battle over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds and will drop antitrust and patent claims against each other while...

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Monsanto to Debut New GMO Soy in Brazil

22.03.2013 - Monsanto hopes to roll out a new bioengineered, worm-resistant soybean seed for planting in Brazil next season, the firm's local president said, but a successful launch is tied to...

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EU Could Impose Pesticide Ban to Protect Bees

15.03.2013 - EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer...

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Potash Corp Wants to Buy Israel Chemicals Despite Obstacles

26.02.2013 - Canadian fertilizer producer Potash Corp of Saskatchewan says it is determined to buy most, if not all, of ICL Israel Chemicals and that stiff local opposition to such a takeover...

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Borealis Continues to Deliver Strong Results in 2012

25.02.2013 - Borealis, a provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces a net profit of €100 million in the fourth quarter of 2012...

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DuPont Sees Growth as Farmers Seek Drought-hardy Corn

23.02.2013 - U.S. farmers are clamoring for more drought-hardy corn seeds as the spring planting season nears and soils remain parched across large swaths of key growing areas, the head of one...