Chemicals
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ChemChina makes US$43B offer for pesticide maker Syngenta
The Syngenta deal, if completed, would overtake CNOOC’s 2012 purchase of Canadian energy company Nexen as the biggest foreign acquisition by a Chinese company
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DuPont workers may have been exposed to toxic gas for years
Records indicate workers at DuPont plant in La Porte, Texas, may have been exposed for years to chemical fumes
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4 workers dead, 1 injured after chemical leak at Texas DuPont plant
Methyl mercaptan leak at plant near Houston killed four workers, hospitalized one other, DuPont officials said
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BASF cuts 2015 outlook as global economic growth stutters
Germany-based BASF cut pre-tax profit forecast by as much as US$5 billion in wake of slower global economic growth
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BASF to sell textile chemicals business to Swiss-based firm
Deal requires antitrust approval, is expected to close in next year’s first quarter, according to Germany-based BASF
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BASF dissolves paper chemical division
The reorganization includes closing the Paper Chemicals division headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and cutting about 50 positions globally
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Beekeepers launch lawsuit against chemical companies
Statement of claim blames pesticides made by Bayer and Syngenta for mass bee deaths
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Chemicals propel growth in Canada’s June manufacturing sales
Canada’s total manufacturing sales edged down one per cent for month when chemicals sector excluded
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Apple bans 2 chemicals used during final assembly of iPhones, iPads
California-based Apple ordered its suppliers to stop using benzene, n-hexane during final product assembly
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Crews scramble to contain small chemical spill in Quebec
Chemical spill of industrial bleach happened at Cascades Inc.’s Norampac plant in Kingsey Falls, Que.
