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Sadara Starts Final Unit at Jubail Complex

17.08.2017 - Sadara, the joint venture between Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, has started up the last of the 26 plants that make up its massive new petrochemical complex at Jubail Industrial...

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US Merck CEO Quits Trump’s Council

16.08.2017 - Kenneth Frazier, CEO of Merck & Co, the third largest US pharmaceutical manufacturer, has resigned from US President Donald Trump’s manufacturing council after criticizing what he...

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DuPont Settles Lawsuits Ahead of Dow Merger

08.08.2017 - Following all approvals, Dow and DuPont announced late last week that they plan to complete their $130 billion merger on Aug. 31. Almost simultaneously, DuPont said it would pay...

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Dow Sells Brazilian Seed Assets to China’s CITIC

14.07.2017 - More details have emerged on Dow Chemical’s agreement to sell the Brazilian corn seed assets of its AgroSciences division to China’s CITIC Agri Fund for $1.1 billion. The...

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Dow Plans Coatings Polymer Plant in Saudi Arabia

13.07.2017 - Dow Chemical will build a new $100 million plant to produce polymers for coatings and water treatment applications in the PlasChem Park at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The US group also...

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US Pediatricians Urge Chlorpyrifos Ban

03.07.2017 - The American Academy of Pediatrics, a body that represents more than 66,000 pediatricians and pediatric surgeons, has written to Scott Pruitt, new administrator of the US...

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Canada Clears DowDuPont as Funds Turn up Heat

30.06.2017 - Canada’s Competition Bureau has given its approval to the merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont, with conditions attached. With the green light now shining from all seven...

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Mexico Approves Dow-DuPont Merger

28.06.2017 - Mexico's Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece), the country’s regulatory authority, has become the seventh to greenlight the planned $130 million merger of Dow and...