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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 16 mins ago - 2 reports

Bayer CropScience Q4 net profit at Rs 71.8 crore

NEW DELHI: Agro-chemical firm Bayer CropScience today posted a net profit of Rs 71.8 crore in the quarter ended March 31 on account of strong sales.It had clocked a net loss of Rs 21.6 crore in the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 fiscal, the company said ... [Published Economic Times - 38 mins ago]

Entities: Bayer CropScience, Net Profit, Agrochemical, Crop Protection

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 4 reports

US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday.Brig. Gen. ... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Fertilizer, Pakistan, IED Improvised Explosive Device

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 38 mins ago - 2 reports

Akzo Nobel India posts Rs 62.50 cr net profit in Q4

NEW DELHI: Paint maker today reported a net profit of Rs 62.50 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.The company had posted a net profit of Rs 78.24 crore in the corresponding period last year, said in a statement.The net income during the quarter ... [Published Economic Times - 38 mins ago]

Entities: Akzo Nobel India Ltd, Net Profit, Amit Jain, Fiscal Year, Dividend

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

BASF SE

Enzymes catalyse BASF

Deals signed with Henkel, Dyadic, DirevoBASF has signed three agreements which it says, have “strengthened its technology footprint in industrial enzymes”, a major identified growth fields. These are the completion of the acquisition of Henkel’s detergents ... [Published Speciality Chemicals - 2 hours ago]

Entities: BASF SE, Enzyme, Dyadic International Inc

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Mexichem SAB de CV

US, Germany clear Mexichem to acquire PolyOne's PVC assets

The Federal Trade Commissions (FTCs) in the US and Germany have cleared Mexichem to acquire PolyOne's PVC Specialty Resins assets without imposing any restrictions.Once the acquisition is completed, the integration of the operations of specialty PVC resins ... [Published Chemicals Technology - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Mexichem SAB de CV, Acquisition, Resin, Germany

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 4 reports

DuPont - E I du Pont de Nemours & Co

DuPont Celebrates Scientific Innovation by Recognizing Young Professors

Recognizing exciting and innovative scientific research, DuPont named 14 young faculty members to its 2013 Class of Young Professors. Over the next three years, the company will provide this outstanding international group with more than $824,000 to support ... [Published Bio-Medicine - 5 hours ago]

Entities: DuPont - E I du Pont de Nemours & Co, Invention, Douglas Muzyka

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 4 reports

SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

Mid-East to dominate global petrochemicals industry

DUBAI: Petrochemical companies in the Middle East must be flexible and must be prepared to enter a new 'dynamic market' as the region is expected to dominate the global industry by 2020, experts said.Speaking at the inauguration of Fifth Annual Gulf Petrochemical ... [Published Economic Times - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Petrochemical, Supply Chain, SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 reports

Sirius Minerals receives objections on York Potash Project

has received four key objections from the Environment Agency and Natural England regarding the York Potash Project.The objections have been submitted as part of the North York Moors National Park Authority's (NYMNPA) statutory consultation process.The ... [Published Interactive Investor - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Sirius Minerals Plc, Potash, Natural England, Environment Agency, Hydrology

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

China property curbs slow home price increases in April

China officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land ... [Published Proactive Investors Australia - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Rising Prices, Property, China

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Initial resource for Potash Minerals...

THIS week’s article once again features potash – where supply-side concentration and producer discipline help to make the crop nutrient a contender as one of the next generation hottest commodities. Allan Trench lists some supply-side potash facts. - ... [Published MiningNewsPremium.net - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Potash, Minerals, Nutrients

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 4 reports

Saudi Maaden reopens phosphate, ammonia plants

DUBAI: Maaden Phosphate Co (MPC) has restarted a diammonium phosphate plant (DAP) in Saudi Arabia after repairing the ammonia plant that feeds it, but the shutdowns will negatively impact profits, the company said on Sunday."The company's financial impact ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 19 2013]

Entities: Ammonia, Phosphate, SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Dubai

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 reports

China’s ‘Green Fence’ makes unprecedented cuts in recycled plastic imports

Topics Recycling, Materials Suppliers, CHINAPLASGUANGZHOU, CHINA -- China’s “Green Fence” crackdown on dirty scrap materials has reduced imports of plastic waste by 5.5 percent in the first four months of the year, a significant change for a country long-used ... [Published Plastics News - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Recycling, Fence, Plastics, China

Quotes

"We have been carrying out previous contracts with downstream buyers at RMB125,000/tonne at the start of May when prices increased sharply because of limited material on the spotspot market,? said Metal-Pages, quoting a Hunan-based producer."

Vanadium-nitrogen Alloy Prices Gaining Strength [Published TheStreet.com - 12 mins ago]

Klaus Möller, one of Steigerwald's shareholders, added: "As a family-owned business, we take great pride in what we have achieved in nurturing and developing our brands. We believe that Bayer, with its extensive marketing, sales, distribution and research expertise, is well positioned to take our success to the next level."

Bayer acquires herbal medicines manufacturer [Published Pharmaceutical Technology - 23 mins ago]

...Vandana Shiva, Seed Freedom Movement pioneer. " And it is our deep love for life on Earth in freedom that makes all of us march against Monsanto and we stand in solidarity with everyone."

"End the Dictatorship": Senator Leads Call to Repeal Monsanto "Giveaway" [Published Common Dreams - 24 mins ago]

"The exceptional items for the current year represents profit of Rs 1,108.3 crore arising from sale of Thane land and buildings and Rs 82.3 crore arising from sale of Powai building" Bayer CropScience said in a footnote to the financial statement for the 2012-13 fiscal

Bayer CropScience Q4 net profit at Rs 71.8 crore [Published Economic Times - 38 mins ago]

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