24.07.2013
- DuPont plans to exit its once-lucrative paint pigments business to focus on a thriving agricultural unit better equipped to shield the biggest U.S. chemicals maker from market...
09.07.2013
- U.S. chemical producer Huntsman has signed a binding agreement to acquire polyols specialist Oxid for an undisclosed sum. Under the Terol brand name, the privately owned company...
03.07.2013
- U.S. chemicals group Rockwood Holdings has revived efforts to hive off its titanium dioxide unit and is in talks with prospective buyer Huntsman, two people familiar with the...
16.05.2013
- A federal judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ordered Dow Chemical on Wednesday to pay $1.2 billion in a price-fixing case involving chemicals used to make foam products in cars...
21.03.2013
- Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood is preparing to launch a sale of two units that could fetch more than $2 billion, hoping to benefit from an uptick in the U.S. construction...
08.02.2013
- Air Liquide will invest an additional €65 million in the Rotterdam basin, the second largest chemical and petrochemical basin in Europe The company has recently signed a long-term...
24.01.2013
- Multinational chemicals and energy group Shell is thought to be close to clinching a landmark deal to exploit shale gas reserves in Ukraine. According to the U.S. Energy...
02.11.2012
- GlaxoSmithKline clinched the top prize at the IChemE 2012 Awards last night in recognition of its radical change in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The organisation won the...
