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April 26, 2013
The catastrophic explosion at a Texas fertilizer facility has raised renewed concerns about plant safety....http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Texas-fertilizer-disaster-raises-safety-regulatory-concerns_51489.html April 26, 2013
Specialty chemical makers generally posted earnings declines as economic weakness dragged down results. Coatings makers were an exception, as the rebound in the North American...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Specialty-earnings-mostly-down-on-soft-economy_51488.html April 26, 2013
Jana Partners (New York), an activist investor that agitated for the breakup of Agrium last fall, has purchased a 7.4% stake in Ashland, according to a regulatory filing. While Jana...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Activist-investor-buys-Ashland-stake_51487.html April 26, 2013
A consortium of industry groups, including ACC and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, have filed a joint petition seeking a US Supreme Court review of a landmark...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Industry-seeks-Supreme-Court-review-of-EPAs-CAA-provisions_51486.html April 26, 2013
K+S has raised the planned capital expenditure for its potash project near Moose Jaw, SK, by roughly a third, to C$4.1 billion ($3.9 billion), reflecting higher costs for...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/K+S-increases-budget-for-Canadian-potash-project_51464.html April 26, 2013
Williams Partners (Tulsa, OK) is partnering with Shell in a midstream joint venture that will provide services for gathering and processing gas extracted from the Marcellus and Utica...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Williams-Shell-plan-midstream-JV-for-northwest-Pennsylvania_51463.html April 26, 2013
M&G Group (Tortona, Italy) has licensed Alpek’s IntegRex technology for its planned 1.2-million m.t./year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Corpus Christi, TX, the company announced 16 April....http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Alpek-licenses-PTA-to-M-and-G-pays-$350M-for-PET-offtake_51462.html April 26, 2013
Diversified and industrial gases firms for the most part managed to eke out modest first-quarter gains, although the occasional bright spot was not enough to distract from...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Diversified-earnings-mixed-as-economy-fails-to-improve_51512.html April 26, 2013
In the latest salvo in the A. Schulman–Ferro fight, the companies traded barbs in letters to Ferro shareholders. Ferro has called Schulman’s offer a “lowball,”...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Schulman-and-Ferro-trade-barbs-in-shareholder-letters_51513.html April 26, 2013
ACC has urged the Office of Management and Budget to exercise its oversight role to ensure that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) applies the peer-review process for its...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/ACC-calls-for-peer-review-of-pending-phthalates-study_51514.html April 16, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries and Phillips 66 have separately announced plans to add natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation capacity at sites in Texas. LyondellBasell says TexStar...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/LyondellBasell-Phillips-66-plan-new-NGL-fractionation-capacity-in-Texas_51139.html April 16, 2013
Ecolab last week closed on its $2.3-billion acquisition of Champion Technologies. The company secured US antitrust approval for the deal when it agreed to sell a Champion chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Ecolab-closes-Champion-deal-to-sell-deepwater-unit-to-Clariant_51109.html April 15, 2013
PPG Industries has completed the $1.05-billion purchase of AkzoNobel’s North American architectural coatings business. The acquired business had 2012 sales of €1.19 billion...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/PPG-completes-AkzoNobel-decorative-coatings-acquisition_51140.html April 15, 2013
Brazil has launched two investigations into the possible dumping in the Brazilian market of polypropylene (PP) originating from South Africa, India, and Korea. The probes cover the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Brazil-investigates-alleged-dumping-of-polypropylene_51138.html April 15, 2013
Apollo Management says it plans to sell 15.8 million shares, roughly a 24% stake, in amines producer Taminco as part of a planned initial public offering (IPO). The offering is being...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Taminco-seeks-to-raise-$300-million-from-IPO_51110.html April 15, 2013
Cytec has closed the $1.15-billion sale of its coating resins business to private equity firm Advent International (New York). The deal, which was announced in October, completed a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Cytec-closes-sale-of-coating-resins-business-to-private-equity-firm_51117.html April 15, 2013
Ferro sold its pharmaceuticals business, increased its earnings guidance, and issued a letter to shareholders, while A. Schulman fell short of estimates and amended CEO Joseph Gingo’s contract to extend it in the event of a “transformational acquisition” as the companies hunkered down for the next stage in Schulman’s $855-million hostile bid for Ferro. Gingo’s revised contract provides for a two-year extension, and Schulman specifically mentioned Ferro as the kind of deal that could trigger the extension....http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Schulman-Ferro-prepare-for-next-stage-in-bid-proxy-fight_51118.html April 15, 2013
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) has announced plans to invest approximately $58 million to expand chemical storage capacity. The sum includes construction of methanol storage...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Kinder-Morgan-invests-$58-million-in-methanol-storage-terminal-buy_51078.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/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Monsanto-tops-estimates-raises-2013-earnings-outlook_51077.html April 1, 2013
Ineos will increasingly direct capital investment to the United States, attracted by low feedstock and energy costs, according to Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of the Switzerland-based chemical giant. The United States already contributes more than half of the company’s profits, he said, and that share will grow....http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/Ratcliffe-Ineos-shifting-capital-to-US-rationalizing-in-Europe_50852.html |
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