Lanxess, Apollo, Others Eye AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals; Company Weighs Sale Versus IPO
German specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG, together with U.S. private-equity (more…)
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Itafos to Acquire All of GB Minerals
Itafos, George Town, Cayman Islands, reported on Dec. 28 that (more…)
EU Council Agrees on Negotiating Mandate for EU Fertilizers
European Union ambassadors have agreed on a mandate on a (more…)
French Support for Kore’s Congo Potash Project
Australian junior company Kore Potash Ltd. (formerly Elemental Minerals Ltd.) (more…)
Technology Puts More Nitrates on Turkish Market
Nitrate-based fertilizers can again be sold in Turkey, according to (more…)
MHI Licenses Technology to Metafrax
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Tokyo, has concluded an agreement to (more…)
Transportation
U.S. Gulf: Shippers described high winds in the East and (more…)
Arianne Raises C$1.9 M
Junior miner Arianne Phosphate, Saguenay, Que., said Jan 2. that (more…)
Crops/Weather
Eastern Cornbelt: Icy weather blanketed much of the Eastern Cornbelt (more…)
Sulfate of Potash
Eastern Canada: The sulfate of potash (SOP) market was unchanged (more…)