Chemicals
Belgium’s Solvay to buy Chemlogics for $1.345 billion
08 Oct 2013
Solvay says that the acquisition will help it become a leader with an extensive portfolio of tailored chemical solutions for the fast-growing oil and gas market
LyondellBasell opens research centre in Houston
01 Oct 2013
Grasim Q1 net falls over 15% to Rs610 crore
03 Aug 2013
US specialty chemicals firm Rockwood sells clay business to Germany’s Altana Group for $635 mn
29 Jul 2013
Dow wins $2.2 bn in damages from Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries
07 May 2013
Dow and PIC had, in late 2008, agreed to set up a $17.4 billion JV, to be called K-Dow, into which Dow was to transfer its basic plastics business and other assets for $9 billion in cash
Grasim Q4 net up marginally at Rs818 crore
04 May 2013
Dow Chemicals wins $2.48 bn arbitration award over scrapped Kuwait JV
05 Mar 2013
In one of the several international deals that were aborted during the global recession, the Dow-Petrochemical Industries Co JV was scrapped less than a week before the deal was to become effective
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
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