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Yara and Apache Carve up Australian Fertilizer Producer
Yara International has acquired an additional 16% stake in fertilizer company Burrup Holdings Ltd. (BHL; Perth, Australia) for $143 million, raising its stake in BHL to 51%. Meanwhile, Apache Energy, a subsidiary of Apache Corp. (Houston), has bought the...

PlastIndia 2012 - Infinite Opportunities
PlastIndia, a triennial plastics show, opened in New Delhi today. The international exhibition and conference was inaugurated by K. Jose Cyriac, secretary at the department of chemicals and petrochemicals at the government of India, and Ashok Goel, president...

Indorama to Invest $700 Million in PTA, PET, PSF Project in India
Indorama Ventures (Bangkok) says it will construct an integrated facility in India, which will consist of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and polyester staple fiber (PSF) production plants fully-integrated with a...

Watson Pharmaceuticals Acquires Strides Arcolab’s Generics Business in Australia and Southeast Asia for $393 Million
Watson Pharmaceuticals (Parsippany, NJ) and Strides Arcolab (Bangalore, India) say that Watson has acquired Ascent Pharmahealth (Melbourne), the generic pharmaceutical business of Strides Arcolab in Australia and Southeast Asia for A$375 million ($393...

GAM Completes Acquisition of Cabot Supermetals Business
Global Advanced Metals’ (GAM; West Perth, Australia) has completed its $400-million acquisition of Cabot’s Supermetals business, a leading maker of tantalum-based products, following approval by U.S. regulatory authorities. The acquisition was...

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