Clariant and Huntsman merger dissolves under investor pressure
CLARIANT and Huntsman have cancelled their proposed US$20bn merger following pressure from activi...
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YPF to invest US$30bn in Argentina over five years
ARGENTINA’S state energy company YPF is to invest US$30bn to boost hydrocarbon production in the ...
BASF to enter seeds business with €5.9bn Bayer deal
BAYER has agreed to sell some of its crop science businesses to BASF for €5.9bn (US$7bn), as it s...
WorleyParsons buys Amec Foster Wheeler North Sea oil
WORLEYPARSONS has bought Amec Foster Wheeler’s North Sea upstream oil and gas business for a tota...
Petronas Chemicals, Saudi Aramco in polymers JV
PETRONAS CHEMICALS GROUP has sold a 50% stake in its PRPC Polymers subsidiary to Saudi Aramco for...
Thyssenkrupp and Tata announce merger plans
STEEL majors Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge their...
Solvay sells polyamide business to BASF
SOLVAY is selling its integrated polyamides business to BASF for €1.6bn (US$1.92bn) as it continu...
DowDuPont revises split plans following merger
DOWDUPONT has revised its plans to split into three divisions following its merger and will chang...
Bunge buys 70% of IOI Loders Croklaan for US$946m
AGRIBUSINESS and food giant Bunge has bought a 70% controlling stake in IOI Loders Croklaan from ...
EU probes Bayer-Monsanto deal
AN IN-DEPTH investigation has been launched by the EU Commission into German chemical giant Bayer...
CBI gathers CEOs to give voice to makers
THE UK’S CBI has established a new CEO-level Manufacturing Council to ensure that the voices of c...
Transocean to buy Songa Offshore
TRANSOCEAN announced today that it has agreed a deal to buy Norwegian offshore drilling competito...
Jacobs buys CH2M for US$3.27bn
JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP has bought CH2M HILL for a total of US$3.27bn, including net debt, creat...
Shell plans to cut 400 jobs in the Netherlands
ROYAL Dutch Shell is to shift its business model in response to lower oil prices, according to Re...
Merck unsure of cyberattack impact
MERCK & Co has said that it still does not yet know the full impact of the NotPetya cyberattack, ...
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