20.12.2016
- US-based Mosaic has agreed to acquire the fertilizer business from Brazilian mining group Vale for $2.5 billion, making it the country’s leading producer and distributor of...
20.12.2016
- Rosneft and ChemChina have signed a Heads of Agreement to build a joint venture polymer coatings and paints plant in Russia. The companies will set up the jv in the Bolshoy Kamen...
19.12.2016
- Wacker Chemie has announced it will invest around $150 million in a new pyrogenic silica plant in Charleston, Tennessee, USA. Construction work on the facility, which will have an...
19.12.2016
- Major US drugmaker Pfizer will use IBM Watson Health’s artificial intelligence technology to help in its efforts to find new cancer medicines. The deal will use the Watson for Drug...
16.12.2016
- Sadara Chemical and Rufayah Chemicals Company (RCC) have signed a long-term supply agreement under which Sadara will supply RCC with pygas and pyoil for a new complex planned for...
16.12.2016
- Brazilian polyolefins producer Braskem has agreed to pay fines and indemnities worth $957 million relating to the “car wash” scandal that erupted in 2014. The company has signed a...
15.12.2016
- Johnson & Johnson has withdrawn from the running for Actelion Pharmaceuticals, leaving the path clear for another buyer, which multiple reports say is Sanofi. The US healthcare...
15.12.2016
- Solvay is exiting its Asian PVC activities after agreeing to sell its controlling 58.77% stake in Thai subsidiary Vinythai to Japan’s Asahi Glass. The Tokyo-headquartered group is...
