Chemicals
Huntsman signs “Stalking Horse” deal with Tronox
31 Aug 2009
After Nandigram, Mamata holds up Nayachar
25 Jun 2009
Hikal plans to take over its own pharma co
23 Mar 2009
Chemicals maker Rohm & Haas to slash 900 jobs
21 Jan 2009
Chemicals maker Rohm & Haas to slash 900 jobs
20 Jan 2009
Dow Chemicals to sue Kuwait over failed petrochemicals JV
07 Jan 2009
Dow Chemical Co is planning to move court against Kuwait, seeking $2.5 billion in damages over a failed petrochemical joint venture deal.
Tata Chem, Temasek Life Science in jatropha JV
25 Nov 2008
Tata Chem raises $300 million in US to repay bridge loan
25 Nov 2008
Tata Chemicals has completed a $300 million financing deal for its US acquisition, General Chemical Industrial Products Inc, despite the tight global market conditions
Tata Chemicals to expand capacity at Mithapur
17 Nov 2008
DuPont India to enter solar cells business
23 Aug 2008
Chemicals maker Ashland buys peer Hercules for $3.3 billion
11 Jul 2008
Chemical distributor Ashland Inc is acquiring Hercules Inc. for about $3.3 billion in cash and stock, after Dow Chemical’s $18.8 billion proposed acquisition of Rohm & Haas.
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation