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Extra costs may be passed to supermarkets and consumers, if prices remain elevated at 6-year highs
First woman to run 158-year old industrial group urgently wants stability for business in US
Chemical recycling has potential to treat wider spectrum of synthetic rubbish
Dutch company’s move for Finnish group aims to trump rival bid from PPG of US
Motor racing deal adds to chemicals group’s expanding £400m sports portfolio
The petrochemicals giant is making climate-friendly polyethylene out of sugarcane
Carmaker may buy fuel from chemicals group as shift away from petrol prompts drives new supply chains
Intact and Tryg offer shareholders welcome certainty; Croda confounds with move into fragrances
Supplier to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine expands into fragrances for personal care and home products
Belgian Jean-Marc Gilson will be first foreigner to run a large business in the country since Carlos Ghosn’s arrest
It is hard to see what would trigger a near-term turnround in investor sentiment
German group warns coronavirus crisis to hit harder than expected as it writes down assets in agricultural business
Experts question why ammonium nitrate was stored for so long, so close to the heart of the city
The sale of its petrochemicals business brings the UK oil company benefits in more ways than one
German group will spend up to $10.9bn to settle lawsuits over Roundup
Shareholders would be within their right to agitate for radical change.
Chief executive of German group says deal will ‘bring a long period of uncertainty to an end’
Saudi petrochemical company’s head highlights importance of synthetic material in disposable PPE
LyondellBasell Industries predicts 15% fall amid weak car and home appliance sales
Demand surges as hospitals require more medical oxygen for coronavirus patients on ventilators
Products vital to combat coronavirus could become more expensive and scarce
Amid charges of greenwashing from activists, the private company is investing in football, cycling and other ventures
Iodine producer rejects Brexiter’s coronavirus play as ‘probably not very educated’
German chemicals group blames Brexit and trade tensions for earnings fall
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