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Terra Industries Accepts CF Industries' Offer

9:22 AM EST | March 10, 2010 | Kerri Walsh

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 International, which offered to buy the company for $41.1/share last month, that...

Hexion's Loss Narrows, Margins Improve

10:41 AM EST | March 9, 2010 | Rebecca Coons

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....

Syrgis: Niche Products Provide Platform for Growth

Unilever Extends Collaboration to Make Personal Care Products from Algae

Pessimism Pervades Lead up to Next Round of Climate Negotiations

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Syrgis: Niche Products Provide Platform for Growth

Fine and specialty chemicals group Syrgis (Cincinnati, OH) says 2009 was a "good" year financially with sales growth in 2009 set to continue in 2010. A key element in the group’s success during the past year has been its focus on...To Read more click here

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Maire Tecnimont Acquires Sofipart, Owner of Technip KTI

10:57 AM EST | March 11, 2010 | Natasha Alperowicz

Engineering group Maire Tecnimont (Rome) has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Sofipart S.r.l, a company that controls 76.1% of KTI Management, which, in turn, owns 75% of Technip KTI S.p.A, an international process engineering company based in...

Asia/Pacific

BDP Establishes JV in India; Will Target Chemicals Sector

7:11 AM EST | March 10, 2010 | Deepti Ramesh

Logistics company BDP International (Philadelphia) says it has established a joint venture company in India dubbed BDP Global Logistics India (Mumbai). The new company is a jv between BDP and Unique Global Logistics (Mumbai) with BDP as the majority...

Mideast/Africa

Linde Expands Specialty Gases Facility in South Africa

2:14 AM EST | March 10, 2010 | Deepti Ramesh

Linde says its Linde Gases division has expanded and upgraded its specialty gases production plant at Johannesburg, South Africa. The €1.12-million investment involved a complete re-engineering of the existing site, to better support the growing demands...

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Recovery Fueling M&A Revival

3:30 AM EST | March 1, 2010

Greater confidence is recovery should spark more M&A activity this year after a weak 2009. The total equity value of the deals totalled $25.4 billion in 2009, down from $39.7 billion in 2008, according to data from Young & Partners. Two deals—Dow...

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