10.12.2015
- News of a possible mega-merger between US chemical giants Dow and DuPont dominated the headlines on Dec. 9 after the newspaper Wall Street Journal, citing sources close to the...
04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
27.11.2015
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked a federal appeals court time to vacate the agency’s own approval of the Dow AgroSciences herbicide Enlist Duo as it needs...
19.11.2015
- After dropping its latest offer for Syngenta, worth upwards of $6 billion, three months ago Monsanto may be planning a fresh attempt to buy its Swiss rival or have another target...
16.11.2015
- Syngenta has rejected a merger proposal from China National Chemical Corp., according to a Bloomberg report. The Chinese state-owned company is said to have offered about 449...
06.11.2015
- Four large seeds producers have withdrawn their applications to cultivate genetically manipulated maize in Germany, federal agriculture minister, Christian Schmidt, has announced...
03.11.2015
- French police believe a fire that destroyed a Monsanto research center in Rennes, France, on Oct. 28 was deliberately set. Investigators said they “strongly suspect it was a crime...
27.10.2015
- Chemical market watchers are looking especially intensely at the agriculture sector in the wake of the failed takeover of Switzerland’s giant, Syngenta, by US giant Monsanto. As...
