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March 10, 2010
Energy efficiency measures implemented by BASF in 2009 are set to make annual energy savings for the company totalling €39 million ($53 million), the company says. The...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/BASFs-2009-Energy-Efficiency-Measures-to-Yield-Annual-Savings-of-$53-Million_25264.html March 10, 2010
The first round of formal United Nations (U.N.) climate change negotiations will take place in April in Bonn, Germany surrounded by pessimism. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Pessimism-Pervades-Lead-up-to-Next-Round-of-Climate-Negotiations_25265.html March 10, 2010
Terra Industries says it has accepted CF Industries' $47.40/share offer, which was made on March 2. The offer values Terra at about $4.72 billion. Terra has informed Yara...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Terra-Industries-Accepts-CF-Industries-Offer_25267.html March 10, 2010
Unilever and biotech start-up Solazyme (South San Francisco, CA) say they have extended a collaboration to develop cost effective oils for personal care products derived from algae...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Unilever-Extends-Collaboration-to-Make-Personal-Care-Products-from-Algae_25268.html March 9, 2010
Sanofi-Aventis (Paris) and Merck & Co., have announced that Sanofi-Aventis has exercised its option to combine its Merial unit with Intervet/Schering-Plough (Boxmeer, the...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Sanofi-Aventis-and-Merck-and-Co-to-Create-a-Global-Leader-in-Animal-Health_25234.html March 9, 2010
Moody’s Investors Service says it has changed the industry sector outlook for the North American and European chemical industry from negative to stable, as the fundamental credit...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Moodys-Raises-Outlook-for-Chemical-Industry_25236.html March 9, 2010
Oil refiner Petron (Manila), in a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange (Pasig city, Philippines), says it has entered into an agreement with Vantage Stride...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Petron-Buys-Stake-in-Petchem-Firm_25237.html March 9, 2010
Lonza says it has signed an agreement with drug discovery technology company Odyssey Thera (San Ramon, CA) to make Odyssey Thera’s proprietary protein-fragment complementation...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Lonza-Forms-Alliance-and-Acquires-Stake-in-U-S-Drug-Discovery-Tech-Firm_25238.html March 9, 2010
Sales fell 8%, to $1.09 billion, reflecting lower raw material prices partially offset by improved volumes and margins, the company says. The 2008 quarter included an $800-million charge related to the termination of its merger agreement with Huntsman....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Hexions-Loss-Narrows-Margins-Improve_25243.html March 9, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal by ACC that sought a review of an appeals court’s decision disallowing an exemption from certain emissions limits...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Supreme-Court-Will-Not-Hear-ACCs-Appeal-of-Clean-Air-Act-Ruling_25244.html March 8, 2010
The European chemical industry is building closer relations with downstream sectors on sustainability issues, says the European Union’s (EU) Technology Platform for Sustainable...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/SusChem-Builds-Relations-with-Downstream-Sectors-on-Sustainable-Production_25214.html March 8, 2010
Wacker Chemie has opened a new production facility for pharmaceutical proteins at its Jena, Germany site. The plant is part of Wacker's program to enlarge its biotech operations. The...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Wacker-Opens-New-Biologics-Facility-at-Jena_25215.html March 8, 2010
Total has, as expected, presented a plan to its French central works council to cease operations permanently at the company's Dunkirk, France refinery, in response to a decline in...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Total-to-Reconfigure-Dunkirk-Refinery-Site-Biofuel-Cluster-Planned_25216.html March 8, 2010
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has published new proposals to classify eight chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) and to put forward the chemicals as...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/ECHA-Publishes-Proposal-to-Reclassify-Eight-Chemicals-as-SVHCs_25217.html March 8, 2010
American Vanguard reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $8.6 million, compared with earnings of $7.9 million in the year-ago period. The 2009 quarter includes a one-time charge of...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/American-Vanguard-Swings-to-Loss-on-Inventory-Write-Down_25225.html March 5, 2010
Four people have been injured following an explosion at the Stallingborough, U.K. manufacturing plant of titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Cristal Global (Cristal; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia)...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Four-Injured-in-Explosion-at-Cristal-Globals-U-K-TiO2-Plant_25197.html March 5, 2010
The company says it has cushioned the impact of the economic crisis....http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Lindes-Fourth-Quarter-Earnings-Rise_25199.html March 5, 2010
U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D., West Virginia) has introduced a bill to delay the implementation of U.S. EPA greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation for stationary sources the senator's...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Senator-Introduces-Bill-to-Delay-EPA-GHG-Action_25200.html March 4, 2010
Showa Denko says its Zhejiang Quzhou Juhua Showa Electronic Chemical Materials (Quzhou, China) joint venture is building a 5000-m.t./year high-purity cyclohexanone plant at Quzhou, and...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Showa-Denko-to-Build-High-Purity-Cyclohexanone-Plant-in-China_25168.html March 4, 2010
The University of North Texas (UNT; DentonTX) has been awarded grants totaling $120,000 to develop toxicology tests relating to the aquatic environment, for Cefic, the European...http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Cefic-Selects-U-S-University-to-Develop-HazChem-Tests_25171.html |
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