14.03.2016
- After authorizing a strike two weeks earlier, the US Teamsters union local 100 in Cincinnati, Ohio, carried through with a 24-hour work stoppage at US industrial gases producer...
11.03.2016
- US pressure group Louisiana Environmental Action Network has filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, claiming the oil and petrochemicals group’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana, chemical plant...
11.03.2016
- As mooted earlier in the week, the European Commission (EC) has given its approval for Israel-based Teva’s planned $40.5 billion acquisition of the generics arm of Ireland...
11.03.2016
- Ineos has launched the first shipment of shale gas-derived ethane from the US to Europe. The ship Ineos Intrepid, said to be the world’s largest LNG multi-gas carrier, left the...
10.03.2016
- The US state of Delaware, corporate headquarters of chemical giant DuPont, is piling cash on the table to be funneled especially into the businesses remaining in the state after...
10.03.2016
- France’s Sanofi Pasteur and Merck of the US have announced plans to end their 50:50 European vaccines joint venture, Sanofi Pasteur MSD, by the end of 2016 and manage their vaccine...
09.03.2016
- The EU has again postponed a decision on whether to extend its approval for glyphosate, the controversial active ingredient for a number of herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup...
09.03.2016
- CNAC Saturn, a Netherlands-based subsidiary of ChemChina, has published the prospectus for the Chinese chemical company’s Swiss Public Tender offer for agrochemicals producer...
