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May 20, 2013
Dow Chemical says Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved its Enlist Duo herbicide with Colex-D technology for use in Canada. News of the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Canada-approves-Dow-herbicide_52172.html May 16, 2013
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has invited comments on two new proposals for harmonized classification and labeling (CLH). The chemicals concerned are lenacil, a uracil...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/ECHA-invites-comments-on-proposals-for-harmonized-classification-and-labeling-of-lenacil-and-boric-acid_52050.html May 16, 2013
Oxiteno, the specialty chemicals arm of Ultrapar (São Paulo), achieved an Ebitda of 81 million Reais ($40 million) during the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Oxitenos-Ebitda-increases-21-percent-supported-by-weaker-currency-and-higher-volumes_52049.html May 15, 2013
Bayer CropScience says it will build a world-scale glufosinate-ammonium herbicide production plant near Mobile, AL, to help meet growing demand for glyphosate alternatives...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Bayer-CropScience-plans-Mobile-AL-herbicide-plant_52022.html May 15, 2013
Isagro (Milan) reports a €3.3-million ($4.3 million) net loss during the first quarter of 2013 compared with a €668,000 profit in the same period last year. Ebitda also...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Isagro-reports-&euro3-3-million-net-loss-during-first-quarter-owing-to-poor-weather-conditions_52015.html May 14, 2013
Makhteshim Agan (Tel Aviv) and ChileAgro Solutions (Calera de Tango, Chile) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Makhteshim is to acquire a majority stake in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Makhteshim-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-agchems-company-in-Chile_51975.html May 13, 2013
The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention has agreed to begin phasing out the use of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in little more than a year...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Report-Stockholm-Convention-agrees-on-phaseout-of-HBCD_51948.html May 13, 2013
Generic pesticide producer Makhteshim Agan (Tel Aviv) says its first-quarter net income rose 1%, to $90.2 million from $89.3 million, during the same quarter last year. Ebitda went up...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Makhteshims-first-quarter-net-profit-up-1-percent_51941.html May 7, 2013
BASF says it has begun a project to install new gas-fired boilers to generate steam at its Hannibal, MO, site as part of its plan to spend, on average, €300 million ($390 million)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/BASF-invests-in-Missouri-crop-protection-site_51818.html May 7, 2013
Dow AgroSciences says US regulatory authorities have approved a new insecticidal active ingredient, sulfoxaflor, to be marketed in the United States. Sulfoxaflor belongs to a novel...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Dow-insecticide-receives-US-regulatory-approval_51812.html May 3, 2013
Bayer CropScience is changing its management structure following the retirement at the end of May of Rüdiger Scheitza, head of strategy and business management (SBM) and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Bayer-CropScience-changes-management-structure_51744.html May 2, 2013
Chemtura today reported a first-quarter net loss from continuing operations of $22 million, compared with a profit of $22 million in the year-ago period. Net sales declined 1.9%...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Chemtura-earnings-fall-short-of-estimates-on-soft-demand_51715.html April 30, 2013
FMC today reported first-quarter net income up 10% year-on-year (YOY), to $130.9 million, on sales up 5%, to $990.2 million. Excluding special charges, adjusted earnings totaled...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/FMC-earnings-rise-on-solid-ag-biopolymers-results_51618.html April 29, 2013
The European Commission, following a vote by EU member states today, will proceed with a plan to restrict the use of three neonicotinoids used as insecticides on a variety of crops...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/European-Commission-proceeds-with-plan-to-restrict-the-use-of-neonicotinoids_51559.html April 26, 2013
Chemical production in Argentina was up 2.6% during the first quarter of this year compared with the same quarter in 2012, according to figures released by state statistics office...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Argentinas-chemicals-output-up-2-6-percent-during-the-first-quarter_51529.html April 18, 2013
Syngenta reports an 8% increase in first-quarter integrated regional sales at constant exchange rates, to $4.6 billion. The company does not disclose first-quarter profits. Volumes...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Syngenta-reports-higher-first-quarter-sales-adheres-to-2020-target_51269.html April 17, 2013
Intrepid Potash announced today its preliminary production results for the first quarter 2013, ended 31 March, with potash production expected to reach between 215,000 and 225,000...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Intrepid-Potash-reports-preliminary-first-quarter-production-results_51259.html April 15, 2013
Monsanto raised its earnings outlook for its fiscal year ending 31 August as expanded corn acres in Brazil and increased sales of advanced corn seeds in the United States drove...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Monsanto-tops-estimates-raises-2013-earnings-outlook_51077.html April 11, 2013
An explosion at the production plant of Agroquímicos y Fertilizantes ATP (Atitalaquía, Mexico), an agchem company, at Atitalaquía in the early hours of 7 April...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Communities-evacuated-following-explosion-at-agchem-plant-in-Mexico_51068.html April 10, 2013
Dow Chemical says its Dow AgroSciences business has opened its new 175,000-sq-ft R&D center at Dow AgroSciences’ global headquarters at Indianapolis, IN. The research center...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/agricultural_chemicals/Dow-AgroSciences-opens-new-R-and-D-center-at-Indianapolis-headquarters_51050.html |
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