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LyondellBasell gets buyout offer from Reliance

Newsvine - business  Sat, 11/21/2009 - 10:28

LyondellBasell says Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.


 

FMC Corp. says 3Q profit falls 65 percent

Newsvine - business  Wed, 10/28/2009 - 21:45

Chemical company FMC Corp. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 65 percent as the economic slump reduced demand for the company's products.


 

BASF gets EPA approval for new herbicide

Newsvine - business  Tue, 09/15/2009 - 08:22

German chemical company BASF SE says it has received U.S. approval to market a new herbicide to battle broadleaf weeds resistant to a chemical in commonly used herbicides like Roundup.


 

Huntsman makes $415M bid for Tronox assets

Topix - Business News  Mon, 08/31/2009 - 23:54

Chemical company Huntsman Inc. has offered to pay about $415 million for Tronox Inc.'s titanium dioxide and electrolytics businesses.


 

Huntsman makes $415M bid for Tronox assets

Newsvine - business  Mon, 08/31/2009 - 05:16

Chemical company Huntsman has offered to pay about $415 million for a chunk of titanium dioxide pigment maker Tronox's assets.


 

Wife: NY man wanted in Bhopal gas leak 'haunted'

Newsvine - business  Sat, 08/01/2009 - 11:15

The wife of a former chemical company executive says he has been "haunted" for years by the world's worst industrial disaster — a gas leak that killed thousands in India 25 years ago.