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Report: Brazil's Unigel mulling mid-2014 IPO
Unigel (São Paulo), Brazil's second-largest petrochemical manufacturer after Braskem (São Paulo), is considering an initial public offering for mid-2014, according to a report from Brazil's Agência Estado. The report notes that recent...

Monsanto receives regulatory approval from China for soybeans in Brazil
Monsanto announced it has received regulatory approval from China’s Ministry of Agriculture to launch its Intacta RR2 Pro soybeans in Brazil for the upcoming crop season. Along with Monstanto, multiple South American seed companies are anticipated to...

Petrobras to restructure petchems portfolio
Petrobras’s board has approved the restructuring of its petrochemical portfolio, including the merger of wholly owned subsidiaries Comperj Participações, Comperj Estirênicos, Comperj MEG, and Comperj Poliolefinas, the company...

Reports: Elekeiroz and Videolar competing to acquire Petrobras's styrene assets
Two companies remain in the race for the acquisition of Innova (São Paulo), the styrene unit of state-owned Petrobras, based at Triunfo, Brazil, according to Valor Econômico, a leading financial newspaper in Brazil. The sale of Innova was...

Ecolab to expand Brazil R&D center
Ecolab announced that it is expanding its research, development, and engineering (RD&E) center at Campinas, São Paulo—doubling its size to 1,300 sq meters.  The center includes labs for development oil and gas applications; industrial...

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