May 17, 2013

Dow to fight $1.2bn in price-fixing damages

Company plans to use recent Supreme Court antitrust ruling

From WORLD May 13, 2013

Gulf petrochemicals expansion threatened

Prices of US natural gas challenge Mideast feedstock advantage

May 7, 2013

Dow receives $2.2bn to settle join venture

Payment by Kuwait-owned oil group follows arbitration

Vapor rises from the from Grangemouth Refinery, operated by Ineos Group Holdings Plc., in Grangemouth, Scotland, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Ineos units based at Grangemouth in Scotland have written to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to warn him of "grave consequences" for U.K. manufacturing should he proceed as planned in 2013 with the carbon-trading price floor, Richard Longden, a spokesman for Ineos, said in an e-mail. ©Bloomberg May 7, 2013

Solvay to exit PVC with Ineos venture

Union will allow focus to shift to more profitable polymers

an Anhui province chemical factory ©Reuters From LEX May 7, 2013

Solvay / Ineos: chemical reaction

Belgian chemicals group marks significant step in its transformation

Barrick Gold Corporation Chairman Peter Munk ©Reuters Week in Review from ENERGY Apr 26, 2013

Week in review, April 27

Barrick Gold’s Munk takes everything in his stride

From COMMENT Apr 26, 2013

No easy solution to our bee problem

A proposed ban on a class of pesticide would be a mistake, says Mark Walport

From MARKETS Apr 25, 2013

Evonik debuts after €2bn share sale

Germany sees biggest public offering since 2007

Apr 25, 2013

PotashCorp abandons $16bn ICL bid

Decision comes amid growing opposition to the takeover in Israel

Wheat Russia ©AFP Apr 23, 2013

DuPont profit more than doubles

Chemicals group boosted by demand from drought-wary farmers

Apr 18, 2013

European slowdown hits Akzo Nobel

Dutch paint group’s first-quarter revenues fall 7%

Apr 10, 2013

Israel to ‘vigorously oppose’ Potash deal

Finance minister Yair Lapid vows to defend ‘state’s rights’

From INDUSTRIAL GOODS Apr 9, 2013

Aircraft and car polymers boost Victrex

Plastic maker makes up for medical implant weakness

Apr 9, 2013

AZ Electronic Materials warns on profits

FTSE 250 chemicals maker’s shares fall 35%

Mar 26, 2013

Oxford Catalysts plans waste-fed factory

Chemicals technology group wants to make oil and plastics

Mar 17, 2013

Potash move on ICL sparks jobs fears

Canadian group’s efforts to raise stake meet Israeli resistance

Mar 12, 2013

Shell and BASF agree $316m toxic payout

Pesticide factory operated by groups blamed for 60 deaths

Mar 11, 2013

Evonik sells stake to Temasek

German group’s owners seek to revive much-delayed IPO

From LEX Mar 7, 2013

Linde: walking on air

Lincare deal has doubled healthcare-related sales at industrial gases group

From CONSTRUCTION Mar 4, 2013

OCI suffers as chief hit with travel ban

Share fall helps drag EGX 30 benchmark index down 2.3%

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