10:37pm

Croda cites niche products for sales lift

Speciality chemicals producer banks on consumer care division

5:24pm

BASF keen to explore German shale potential

Chemicals maker backs measure that would allow fracking

Feb 22, 2013

Evonik resumes IPO preparation

RAG and CVC place £1bn stake with institutional investors

From LEX Feb 20, 2013

Akzo Nobel: painting by numbers

New strategy may not be ambitious enough to get group firing on all cylinders

From MARKETS Feb 7, 2013

DNB signals Nordic banking catch-up

Dow Chemical hydro carbon production facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada ©Bloomberg Jan 31, 2013

Dow Chemical hit by global slowdown

Earnings down 25% on weaker western Europe and China

Jan 30, 2013

Cars slowdown curbs Johnson Matthey

Profit falls 19% as European car market weakens amid tough trading

Jan 22, 2013

DuPont looks forward to better performance

Disappointing 2012 after group hit by weak demand in two products

From WORLD Jan 22, 2013

Stench reaches UK after French gas leak

Harmless gas smells of sweat and rotten eggs

German manufacturing From MANAGEMENT Jan 14, 2013

Flexibilität in volatile times

The success of Germany’s global companies at handling difficulty offers lessons for peers

From FINANCIALS Jan 3, 2013

F&C’s Bramson lines up target with new fund

Activist investor set to take on another midsized UK public company

Dec 27, 2012

Clariant units sale set to raise SFr502m

Company aims to focus on strong growth markets

From ENERGY Dec 26, 2012

Europe told it risks missing shale boom

Sabic chief warns investment is heading for other regions

Dec 17, 2012

US shale gas sparks a chemical revolution

Cheap feedstock spurs expansion in ethylene projects

From LEX Dec 16, 2012

Akzo Nobel – paint job

The group appears fairly well-balanced

Dec 14, 2012

Akzo Nobel sells paints unit for $1bn

US decorative paints division sold to rival PPG

From BASIC RESOURCES Dec 12, 2012

Syngenta nurtures seed-to-harvest model

Agrochemical group is winning over investors

From BASIC RESOURCES Dec 12, 2012

Brazil agriculture swaps to bartering

Suppliers seek to plug financing gaps in the farm-to-fork chain

From MARKETS Dec 7, 2012

Yara to buy fertiliser assets in Brazil

Acquisition of Bunge’s brands and blending facilities

From INDUSTRIAL GOODS Dec 3, 2012

Cookson demerger to lure potential buyers

New companies Alent and Vesuvius likely to attract the attention

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