Keyword: Dow Chemical

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Dow Fights Possible Herbicide Suspension

15.12.2015 - Dow Chemical has indicated it will fight plans by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend its registration of the chemical group’s Enlist Duo herbicide. In late...

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Dow Takes Full Ownership of Dow Corning

14.12.2015 - Dow Chemical has signed agreements to restructure its 50:50 joint venture with Dow Corning and take 100% ownership of the silicon company. Dow’s board of directors has unanimously...

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Sadara’s First Plant up and Running

09.12.2015 - Sadara, claimed to be the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has started up its first production unit, an LLDPE plant using Dow Chemical’s technology...

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Chemours Cuts Job, Shuts New York Plant

03.12.2015 - Chemours has announced more job losses and a further plant closure as it continues to take steps to transform and optimize its business. In the DuPont spin-off’s latest move, some...

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Dow to Build Shale-fed MEG Plant in US

28.10.2015 - Dow Chemical is shifting at least some of its investment priorities to the US from the Middle East, and in particular restructuring its engagement in Kuwait. The forward-looking...

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DuPont May Sell its Own Agricultural Business

28.10.2015 - Just as analysts were talking up an acquisition by DuPont of the agricultural business US rival Dow Chemical may put up for sale, the company’s interim CEO, Edward Breen, appears...

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Dow’s Mooted Ag Sale Sparks Speculation

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...

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Five Spotlighted as Possible DuPont CEO

26.10.2015 - DuPont is said to be looking outside the company for a new chief executive to replace Ellen Kullman, who resigned with effect from Oct. 16. The chemical giant’s directors...