President Trump’s pick to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Dourson, has withdrawn from consideration.
Activist investor White Tale has accused Clariant of misrepresenting their discussions about the Swiss chemical company’s future, escalating the war of words between the two sides.
Swiss chemicals company Clariant rejected many demands of its largest shareholder in the wake of the failed $15 billion merger with U.S.-based Huntsman, escalating a battle with activist investors.
Crystal Lagoons are in the works at 16 upscale developments across the U.S. A Chilean entrepreneur says his patented technology uses a fraction of the chlorine and other chemicals found in traditional swimming pools.
The otherwise quotidian world of paint is turning into a feeding frenzy of merger activity. Money is to be made betting on the prime targets.
Russia blocked the latest effort by the United Nations Security Council to salvage an independent U.N. committee investigating chemical weapons use in Syria. It marked Russia’s 11th veto on Syria.
The United Nations Security Council, in a bitter standoff between U.S. and Russia, failed to renew the mandate of an independent committee investigating chemical-weapon use in Syria.
President Trump’s pick to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency may be in trouble in the Senate, as two Republicans have declared their opposition and a third said she is leaning against the nominee.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is warning that many industrial sites where hazardous materials are stored may not be adequately prepared for extreme weather events.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross failed to disclose business connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s family and inner circle on a financial-disclosure form this year, according to documents.
After reporting a loss in 2015, Chemours is on track for its second year of profits. Its turnaround involved an aggressive plan, a bit of luck from a rebound in titanium dioxide prices and a legal settlement.
Italy’s Mossi & Ghisolfi placed part of its M&G; Chemicals operations under chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., and announced plans for a sale process.
The chief executive of Clariant said the Swiss chemical company would continue weighing merger options after the failure of its proposed tie-up with U.S.-based Huntsman amid pressure from activist investors.
LyondellBasell Industries has made a takeover approach to Braskem, eyeing a deal that could value the Brazilian petrochemical company at well over $10 billion.
The activist U.S. investors who helped scuttle a proposed merger between Clariant and Huntsman said Monday they will seek three seats on Clariant’s board and press for more changes including the sale of Clariant’s plastics and coatings business.
Akzo Nobel and U.S. rival Axalta Coating Systems are considering a possible merger of equals that would create a multibillion-dollar coating and paints giant, according to a person familiar with the matter.
It’s no trick: Experts at the American Chemical Society figured out the lethal dose of so-called fun-size treats.
Swiss chemicals company Clariant and U.S.-based Huntsman terminated their planned $15 billion merger after facing pressure from investors who wanted to block the deal.
DowDuPont reported increases in sales and profit on an adjusted basis in its latest quarter, the global chemicals giant’s first quarterly report following the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont.
West Virginia plastics maker M&G; Polymers USA LLC filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in Delaware.