Jun 6, 2013

US trucks surge boosts Johnson Matthey

Sales of light models in North America grow more than 10%

Jun 6, 2013

Filtrona plans name change to Essentra

Plastics and fibre group emphasises shift from cigarette filters

Jun 6, 2013

Filtrona faces rebranding test

Plastics and fibre group hopes name change meets success

Procter & Gamble Chairman and CEO AG Lafley arrives to a meeting with Wall Street analysts, Jan 28 2005 in New York ©Bloomberg From RETAIL & CONSUMER Jun 5, 2013

P&G promotes possible Lafley successors

Newly returned chief appoints four veterans to head units

The village Kresice has been flooded by the swollen Elber river, 63km northwest of Prague ©AP From WORLD Jun 4, 2013

Flood waters engulf Prague suburbs

Historic city centre protected by flood barriers

beyondbrics Jun 4, 2013

BASF bets big on Asia-Pacific

German chemicals group unveils €10bn programme

beyondbrics Jun 4, 2013

beyondbrics: India’s star cricketers: cyberlures

German chemicals group unveils €10bn programme

A LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner prepares for landing after a certification flight ©Getty May 29, 2013

Victrex ups dividend 15% after sales rise

FTSE 250 polymer maker hints it will seek bolt-on acquisitions

Steam rises from cooling towers at the Jaenschwalde coal-fired power plant on August 20 2010 at Jaenschwalde, Germany. The Jaenschwalde power plant is one of the biggest single producers of CO2 gas in Europe. The area of northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg is scarred with active and former lignite coal mines that feed local power plants like Jaenschwalde, and a large-scale project is underway to flood the massive pits and convert them into lakes for tourism. The Lausitz and Middle German Mining and Administration Association (LMBV) is converting a total of 51 former mines into lakes, and a similar project is planned for former mines in neighboring Poland. ©Getty From ENERGY May 27, 2013

High energy costs put Europe in slow lane

US gas prices a quarter of Europe’s, electricity 50% lower

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

May 7, 2013

Solvay to exit PVC with Ineos venture

Union will allow focus to shift to more profitable polymers

From LEX May 7, 2013

Solvay / Ineos: chemical reaction

Belgian chemicals group marks significant step in its transformation

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

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%

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