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Rail woes: Twice as bad Hunter D |
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Butadiene - Shell, BASF, Fina link up Terry L |
9 - 9 |
Industrial gases - Air Products, Air Liquide to carve up BOC Westervelt R, Young I |
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Key changes - Rohr replaces Betlem at Albemarle Orshal J |
12 - 12 |
Companies - Grace combines units under performance label Schmitt B |
12 - 12 |
Earnings - Early-reporting firms have lower profits Nielsen K |
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Nylon - Nylstar, AlliedSignal exchange assets Westervelt R |
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Semicon West - Electronic chemical firms expand as market recovers Moore SK |
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Transportation - Conrail problems on the mend Westervelt R |
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Brazil - Mariani sells Rio Polimeros stake [Anonymous] |
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Fertilizers - Mississippi Chemical shuts ammonia plant in ailing market Adams J |
15 - 15 |
Enforcement - CMA, EPA identify root cause for violations Sissell K |
15 - 15 |
Plant biotech - Study confirms benefits of transgenic crops Fairley P |
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Paper chemicals - Clariant-Somavrac in hydrosulfite deal Orshal J |
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Equity - DuPont launches buyback Nielsen K |
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M&A - RPM bonds with DAP in coatings and sealants Schmitt B |
16 - 16 |
Soda ash - American Soda readies construction Adams J |
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Companies - Will Montell and Targor join forces in polypropylene? Alperowicz N |
17 - 17 |
Restructuring - BP Amoco details chemicals shake-up; Sells Plaskon to Cookson Scott A |
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Plant biotech - Protesters fell AstraZeneca's low-lignin trees [Anonymous] |
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Trade - WTO awards damages to US, Canada for EU beef ban Scott A |
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Specialties - Sto acquires French coatings firm Noor-Drugan N |
18 - 18 |
Vitamins - BASF moves to stamp out price fixing Hume C |
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Japan - Mitsubishi, Asahi Chemical discuss rationalization at Mizushima Young I |
19 - 19 |
Taiwan - Taita picks Nova process for PS unit Wood A |
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DSM prepares for China EPDM unit [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Samsung plans ethylene capacity hike [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Kellogg Brown & Root gets sulfur recovery order [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Toyo wins fertilizer project in Bangladesh [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Bracco builds plant at Snia site in Italy [Anonymous] |
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Indonesian firm builds fertilizer plant [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Penn selects Lyondell THF technology [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Payer adds rubber chemicals in Germany [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
BASF expands polyisobutene at Ludwigshafen [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Sabic to issue bids for polyester project [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
Israel plans bromine jvs in China and Hong Kong [Anonymous] |
20 - 20 |
UF, sulfuric acid plants planned in Qatar [Anonymous] |
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Productivity heads North - But Canada's specialties deficit widens Morris GDL |
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'Virtual elimination' reaches virtual impasse - Adverse publicity hurts industry [Anonymous] |
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Ratings - Moody's may downgrade Nalco Nielsen K |
40 - 40 |
Equity - Hercules plans stock issues Nielsen K |
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Finance - Chemicals firms tap in to stronger capital markets Nielsen K |
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First-quarter finance rankings [Anonymous] |
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Companies - Ferro buys Cookson ceramics unit Schmitt B |
43 - 43 |
Electronic chemicals - Merck takes stake in SVC Moore SK |
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Food ingredients - A healthy market for the latest additives Moore SK, Hume C |
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Ethylene - Sellers compromise on prices Noor-Drugan N, Terry L |
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Petrochemicals - Profitability starts to improve Adams J |
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Product focus: Polystyrene [Anonymous] |
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Price commentary [Anonymous] |
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Endocrine disrupters - WWF says milk toxins unsafe Scott A |
50 - 50 |
Venture capital - Chevron plans $60-million fund Fairley P |
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Companies - Sisas takes on the giants in MA Alperowicz N |
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Global stock report Nielsen K |