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CNOOC to Buy Nexen for $15.1 Billion in China's Largest Foreign Deal

24.07.2012 - State-controlled CNOOC launched China's richest foreign takeover bid yet on Monday by agreeing to buy Canadian oil producer Nexen for $15.1 billion, forcing Ottawa to decide...

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China's CNPC in Talks with Ecuador over $12.5 Billion Refinery

20.07.2012 - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's biggest oil producer, is in talks with Ecuador's government over a potential investment in the OPEC-member's US-$12.5 billion...

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EU Court Ruling Offers Improved China Trade Ties

19.07.2012 - The highest EU court has cleared a Chinese chemicals company of accusations that Beijing was controlling its trade with Europe, in a victory for private Chinese firms who say they...

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Solvay Starts Production of Specialty Polymers Compounds in China

18.07.2012 - Solvay announced that its specialty polymers compounding plant located in Changshu, province of Jiangsu in China, has started to serve the local growing demand for specialty...

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Intellectual Property Safeguards in China

17.07.2012 - Diminishing Risk of Copycats - In the Western world, the protection of intellectual property is often a key issue in investing in China. For example, in the book "The Chemical and...

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PetroChina Fushun Refinery to Add Ethylene Unit in October

13.07.2012 - PetroChina will bring a new 800,000-ton-per-year (tpy) ethylene unit on stream at its Fushun refinery in October, bringing total ethylene capacity at the refinery to 1.0 million...

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ENN, Sinopec Set to Buy China Gas

06.07.2012 - Shareholders of Chinese city gas distributor ENN Energy Holdings have approved its proposed $2.2 billion joint offer with Sinopec for rival China Gas Holdings, an ENN executive...

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DKSH, Induchem Sign Distribution Agreement

04.07.2012 - DKSH, a specialty chemicals distributor with a focus on Asia, and Induchem, a Swiss manufacturer of personal care raw materials, have entered into a distribution partnership for...