Chemicals
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
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
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
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
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
BASF dissolves paper chemical division
The reorganization includes closing the Paper Chemicals division headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and cutting about 50 positions globally
Beekeepers launch lawsuit against chemical companies
Statement of claim blames pesticides made by Bayer and Syngenta for mass bee deaths
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
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
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.
