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September 4, 2008
Study Finds BPA Can Alter Brain Function in Primates
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, CT) have released a study showing low levels of bisphenol a (BPA) can affect brain activity in monkeys, the first study to...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13993.html
August 25, 2008
Lanxess Combines Canada, U.S. Units
Lanxess says it plans to combine its Canadian and U.S. operations into one regional unit that will be based in Pittsburgh. Both Lanxess Corp., the North...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13755.html
August 21, 2008
Lanxess to Combine Canadian and U.S. Service Organizations
Lanxess plans to combine its service organizations in Canada and the U.S., Lanxess chairman Axel Heitmann told attendees at a company event in Pittsburgh. Both Lanxess Corp., the North...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13731.html
August 18, 2008
Lubrizol to Close Blending Plant
Lubrizol says it will close its Niagara Falls, ON additives blending, packaging, and warehousing site by June 30, 2009. The facility’s current and projected...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13610.html
August 18, 2008
PotashCorp Mines Workers on Strike
PotashCorp unionized employees at three mines in Saskatchewan, Canada remained on strike at CW presstime, after four days of mediation failed to resolve key contract issues. The labor...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13611.html
August 18, 2008
Praxair Ups Coatings Unit Capacity
Praxair subsidiary Praxair Surface Technologies says it has doubled capacity at its ceramic...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13612.html
August 18, 2008
LyondellBasell Sells Sarnia Site to Shell; Starts Up Mexican Unit
LyondellBasell subsidiary Basell Canada has sold its assets and land at Sarnia, ON to Shell’s Canadian affiliates, LyondellBasell says. The sale includes LyondellBasell’s...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13653.html
August 6, 2008
Agrium’s Second-Quarter Earnings Soar
Agrium’s second-quarter net income more than doubled, to $636 million ($4/share), on sales up 90%, to $3.8 billion. The recent...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13484.html
August 6, 2008
Monsanto Seeks Buyer for Controversial Milk-Boosting Drug
Monsanto disclosed today that it is looking for a buyer for its bovine milk boosting drug Posilac recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST). Monsanto did not disclose if it was yet in...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13486.html
August 4, 2008
A Tale of Two Canadas
Those looking to make the case against decoupling—the idea that world economies can shrug off a weak U.S.—just need to look a bit north of the U.S., to Canada. Canadian...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13381.html
August 4, 2008
Canada: Pinning Hopes on the West  
Canadian chemical producers say they are bracing for a sharp drop in profitability this year amid fluctuating energy prices, a slow economy, and a rapid increase in the Canadian-U.S...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13417.html
August 4, 2008
Fertilizer Firms’ Profits Soar on Higher Prices and Demand
Tight markets for agricultural crops pushed fertilizer sales volumes and prices higher in the first half, leading to record earnings for firms operating in mineral-rich sites in...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13418.html
August 4, 2008
Roche to Acquire Two Firms in North America
Roche has announced plans to acquire two biotechnology firms in North America. The company says it has agreed to purchase biotech company Arius Research (Toronto) for about C$191...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13419.html
July 28, 2008
Potash Prices Hit New Highs
Canpotex, the distribution and marketing arm of Saskatchewan, Canada potash producers, says prices for fourth-quarter spot potash shipments to Asia have reached...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13279.html
July 24, 2008
Strong Demand and Prices Lift PotashCorp's Earnings
PotashCorp’s second quarter net income soared 220%, to $905.1 million ($2.82/share) because of “rising global fertilizer demand and the impact of significantly higher prices for...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13193.html
July 21, 2008
PotashCorp. Plans to Boost Capacity
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp.) says it will invest about $1.6 billion to boost its total potash capacity by 2.7 million m.t./year by the end of 2012. Capacity will be...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13078.html
July 21, 2008
PolyOne Expands in Japan, Canada
PolyOne says it has formed PolyOne Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (PolyOne Japan Ltd.) with an office in Tokyo. The company has named Masato Sakuma as...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13100.html
July 21, 2008
Yara to Acquire Saskferco from Mosaic
Yara International says it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mosaic’s nitrogen fertilizer subsidiary Saskferco (Belle Plaine, SK) for C$1.6 billion ($1.58 billion) in...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13102.html
July 21, 2008
Quadra Chemicals Buys Distributor
Distributor Quadra Chemicals (Vaudreuil-Dorion, PQ) has acquired Prescott & Co. (Mississauga, ON), a regional food ingredient...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13103.html
July 21, 2008
Canadian Restrictions Ban Deca-BDE Production
Canada’s environmental protection agency Environment Canada (Toronto) has issued regulations banning the manufacture of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/canada/13138.html
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