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July 22, 2010
Braaskem is selling $350 million in debt due 2020 in a reopening of a $750 million issuance first announced in April, according to Moody's Investors Service (New York). The debt sale...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-to-Sell-Debt-in-Continued-Refinancing-Effort_28232.html July 22, 2010
Uralkali (Berezniki, Russia), one of Russia's largest chemical companies and a leading global potash fertilizer producer with about 10% of the market, has more than doubled output of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Russian-Potash-Fertilizer-Producer-More-than-Doubles-Output_28228.html July 18, 2010
Novozymes says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dedini (Piracicaba, Brazil), a leading company in the sugar-ethanol market, to develop a technological route to produce...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Novozymes-Signs-Deal-with-Brazilian-Firm-for-Cellulosic-Ethanol_28111.html July 13, 2010
Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol (Bogotá) has hired E&C firm Mustang to study a grassroots polymers plant in Colombia. The study will look at ways the to achieve...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/Colombias-Ecopetrol-Evaluates-Grassroots-Petrochemical-Complex_28015.html July 6, 2010
Agrium has purchased 24 retail farm outlets from DuPont Crop Protection, the company announced today. It has also purchased DuPont's crop protection formulation facility in Casilda...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/Agrium-Buys-Argentine-Retail-Farm-Outlets_27858.html June 29, 2010
BASF is considering plans to build a plastic additives facility in the Mideast and is studying possible expansion in Asia, CW has learned. Hans W. Reiners, president/performance...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/BASF-Ponders-Plastic-Additives-Plant-in-Mideast-Eyes-Expansion-in-Asia_27723.html June 28, 2010
Speculation is mounting on which businesses BP will sell as part of its announced asset disposal program to strengthen financial liquidity following the oil spill in the Gulf of...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/Will-BP-Target-Chemicals-in-Asset-Disposal-Plan_27702.html June 23, 2010
Total says it has agreed to acquire 17% of the equity of Amyris (Emeryville, CA), a biotech firm. Financial details were not disclosed. The firms say that under their agreement their...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Total-Buys-into-U-S-Biofuels-Start-up_27578.html June 22, 2010
Tierra Del Fuego Power and Chemical Co. says it will build a 547,000 m.t./year ammonia plant at Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, and has selected KBR to provide licensing and process...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/New-Ammonia-Plant-Planned-for-Argentina-KBR-Awarded-Licensing-Contract_27551.html June 11, 2010
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK; London) says it has acquired Laboratorios Phoenix (Buenos Aires), a leading Argentine pharmaceutical business, for a cash consideration of about $253 million, to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/argentina/GSK-Acquires-Argentine-Generics-Firm-for-$253-Million_27404.html June 9, 2010
Monsanto will launch a new, $1 billion share repurchase program on July 1, the company announced today. The program will last for three years. An existing, $800 million share...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Monsanto-to-Repurchase-$1-Billion-in-Shares_27312.html May 28, 2010
CW's CFO Conference took place in New York this week, and the mood was cautiously optimistic. SFO of the Year Kurt Bock of BASF told attendees that fiscal prudence and innovation hold...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-May-28_27081.html May 28, 2010
Chávez sought Clark Inciarte's resignation but gave him his job back a week later after receiving a detailed report showing the resins price increase was justified. Chávez says officials at state-owned companies must obtain his authorization before increasing prices. Venezuela's January 2010 currency devaluation and years without any increases for resins made the 45% rise necessary, executives say....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/Chavez-Reinstates-Pequiven-President-After-Polyolefins-Pricing-Controversy_27078.html May 27, 2010
Bayer CropScience and Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC; Sao Paulo) say they intend to enter into a broad R&D cooperation in biotech sugarcane. The main goal is to combine the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Bayer-CropScience-Links-with-Brazilian-Unit-in-Sugarcane-R-and-D_27055.html May 26, 2010
Rhodia has said today that it will close its acetate filter tow manufacturing facility in Valencia, Venezuela by year end. The facility employs about 120 people. The closure of the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/Rhodia-to-Close-Acetate-Filter-Tow-Plant-in-Venezuela_27026.html May 17, 2010
Braskem has appointed CFO Carlos Fadigas as CEO of Braskem America, which consists of the polypropylene assets of Sunoco. Braskem completed the $350-million acquisition of Sunoco’s polypropylene business in April....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Braskem-CFO-Named-Head-of-U-S-Unit_26814.html May 17, 2010
Brazil is one of the fastest growing personal care markets in the world, says John Paro, chairman, president, and CEO of HallStar....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Hallstar-Forms-Brazilian-Personal-Care-JV_26812.html May 14, 2010
Braskem reported a net loss of R$123 million ($69 million) in the first quarter, compared with income of $10 million in the same period last year. The earnings decline is due in part...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Weak-Dollar-Hurts-Braskems-Earnings_26796.html May 7, 2010
Ube Industries says it will establish a subsidiary at São Paulo, Brazil, which will serve as a launch pad for developing the market for Ube group products in central and South...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Ube-to-Establish-Subsidiary-in-Brazil_26586.html May 5, 2010
The moves are designed to boost Petrobras's biofuels business....http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/brazil/Petrobras-Plans-Biodiesel-Venture-in-Portugal-to-Buy-Stake-in-Brazilian-Sugarcane-Firm_26550.html |
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