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K+S To Sell Fertilizer Unit Compo To Triton

21.06.2011 - German potash miner K+S will sell its garden fertilizer unit Compo to the European private equity investor Triton, K+S announced late on Monday. The deal, which gives Compo an...

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Uralkali Not In Talks With Belaruskali

20.06.2011 - Uralkali, which recently merged with Silvinit to become Russia's largest potash miner, is not planning to buy Belaruskali, a major Uralkali shareholder said on Friday. "Talks are...

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Investment Firm Triton to Sell Lehnkering

09.06.2011 - Private equity investment firm Triton has put German chemicals and steel logistics services firm Lehnkering up for sale, banking sources said on Wednesday. Triton, which bought the...

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Ceska Rafinerska Workers Reject Strike Plan

09.06.2011 - Workers at Ceska Rafinerska will not take strike action to demand higher wages, averting a potential shutdown of the largest Czech refinery, a union official said on Wednesday...

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LyondellBasell to Buy Houston Pipeline From BP

08.06.2011 - LyondellBasell Industries said its Equistar Chemicals unit had agreed to buy about 200 miles of pipeline near Houston from BP. Terms of the deal were not released. The pipelines...

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BASF, INEOS Win EU Approval For Plastics Joint Venture

03.06.2011 - German chemicals company BASF has won regulatory approval from the European Union for a styrene joint venture with peer INEOS, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The EU's...

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Ashland's Desirable Credentials Attract Bankers

03.06.2011 - Banks are flocking to the $1.95 billion pro rata portion of the financing package for Ashland's acquisition of International Specialty Products, hoping to gain access to one of few...

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Lanxess In Talks Over €1 Billion Belgian Buy

01.06.2011 - German rubber chemicals group Lanxess is in talks to buy Belgian chemicals group Taminco from private equity firm CVC for about €1 billion, the Financial Times Deutschland reported...