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BASF and Argonne Settle With Umicore

26.04.2017 - German chemical giant BASF and Chicago, USA-based Argonne National Laboratory have settled out of court their running patent disputes with Belgium’s Umicore. The two companies said...

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Aramco Focused on Up- and Downstream

25.04.2017 - Consistent with the Kingdom’s Saudi Vision 2030 strategy, Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser, speaking at a recent global energy summit in New York, said the group will...

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Lanxess Completes Chemtura Takeover

25.04.2017 - Following all approvals, Cologne, Germany-based Lanxess has completed its acquisition of Chemtura, Phliadelphia-headquartered US specialty chemicals producer for €2.4 billion. The...

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US Won’t Override Sanctions for ExxonMobil

24.04.2017 - The US government will not allow ExxonMobil to bypass US sanctions against Russia to resume drilling for oil in a joint venture with Moscow-based Russian oil group Rosneft. The oil...

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FDA Drug Approvals up Sharply in Q1

24.04.2017 - After a major slowdown in 2016, new drug approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration rose sharply in the first quarter of 2017, according to a report by EP Vantage. Up to mid...

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ExxonMobil and SABIC Pick Texas for Cracker

21.04.2017 - US petrochemicals giant ExxonMobil Chemical and Saudi Arabia’s national champion SABIC have chosen a site in San Patricio County, in the US state of Texas, for a proposed...

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Death Penalty Drugs Under Scrutiny Again

21.04.2017 - As a debate rages over plans by the US state of Arkansas to execute eight death row inmates before its supply of lethal drugs expires at the end of April, the international...

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New Lawsuit Against DuPont Over PFOA

20.04.2017 - A lawsuit has been filed in the US state of Delaware against chemical giant DuPont, claiming the company paid its defense attorneys in class action suits more than it has spent on...