Keyword: chemical industry
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30.10.2012
- More than a thousand potentially hazardous chemicals often found in cosmetics and cleaning supplies remain unregulated on the European market, environmental activists say. Green...
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30.10.2012
- Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion...
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27.10.2012
- Chemical maker and refiner LyondellBasell Industries posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, due in part to high costs for crude oil-derived chemicals in European...
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26.10.2012
- From Agrium's perspective, a campaign by Jana Partners to break up the Canadian fertilizer company is effectively dead in the water. But the $3.5 billion activist hedge fund...
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25.10.2012
- Libyan oil and demand for pesticides will help Germany's BASF meet its target of higher operating profit this year, offsetting a downturn in its main industrial chemicals and...
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25.10.2012
- DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals distributor, has expanded the partnership in the field of coatings and additives with Evonik Industries. This new...
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25.10.2012
- Room for Improvement - The chemical industry seems to be improving its reputation across Europe among the general public and opinion leaders, according to the results of a survey...
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25.10.2012
- Belgian chemicals and plastics maker Solvay reported a larger-than-expected core profit on Thursday, with record results from its consumer chemicals and speciality plastics. The...
