Keyword: chemical industry

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Agrium to Double Dividend Payout

22.10.2012 - Canadian fertilizer maker and agricultural goods retailer Agrium said on Monday its board plans to double the annual dividend payout. The move, announced as the company completed a...

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Pesticides Put Bumblebee Colonies at Risk of Failure

22.10.2012 - Pesticides used in farming are also killing worker bumblebees and damaging their ability to gather food, meaning colonies that are vital for plant pollination are more likely to...

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Air Products Q4 Profit Drops

19.10.2012 - Air Products & Chemicals posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit on Friday, partly due to weak demand for a solar product, and the industrial gas producer said its chief financial...

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Cost Cuts Help PPG Industries Q3 Profits

18.10.2012 - Chemicals producer PPG Industries posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as cost cuts helped offset nearly flat revenue. For the third quarter, net income rose...

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AkzoNobel Takes Big Hit on Dulux as Home Makeovers Wane

18.10.2012 - Cash-strapped Europeans are cutting back on decorating, leading Dutch group AkzoNobel to take a €2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) writedown on its 2008 purchase of Dulux paint maker ICI...

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Saudi SABIC Q3 profit drops 23%

17.10.2012 - Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world's biggest petrochemicals group by market value, posted a 23% slump in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday, citing lower product...

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Queen's Develops Environmentally Friendly MOF Production Method

17.10.2012 - Chemists at Queen's University Belfast have devised a novel, environmentally friendly technique, which allows the rapid production of Metal-Organic Frameworks porous materials...

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Songwon, Pan Gulf, Polysys Form Songwon Additives Technology

16.10.2012 - Today, Songwon Industrial Group, Pan Gulf Holdings of Saudi Arabia and Polysys Industries of Abu Dhabi proudly announce the establishment of their joint venture, Songwon Additives...