Business news
The latest business news from across the chemistry-using industries, including mergers and acquisitions, legal and patent disputes, regulation and commercial performance, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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OpinionWhat kinds of reactions do you do most?
Variety may be the spice of life, but there’s space for the boring but effective
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BusinessEvonik to cut a further 3200 jobs by 2029
Most cuts will be in Germany, adding to the firm’s 2800 jobs shed between 2023 and 2026
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BusinessOlin and Huntsman to merge, creating $12 billion chemical giant
Deal will combine a large chlor-alkali producer with a major user of chlorine and derivatives
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BusinessMaking South Africa’s mines more sustainable
Tighter environmental regulations are stimulating a move to greener extraction technology
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OpinionGSK agrees $10 billion deal for Nuvalent cancer drugs
Deal includes two late-stage molecules to augment GSK’s renewed cancer therapy pipeline
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OpinionHow far will EU push for fairer trade with China?
Strengthening rules on pharmaceutical and chemical trade could protect critical industries
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BusinessUkraine war sanctions straining Russia’s chemistry sector
Domestic producers are adapting to fill gaps in supply chains
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BusinessEU looks to boost protective trade policy against Chinese imports
Critical Medicines Act and rumoured chemicals rules aim to decrease China’s supply chain dominance
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BusinessAustralia sues 3M over firefighting foam PFAS contamination
Government claims 3M withheld and misrepresented information about environmental risks
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BusinessAkzoNobel rejected attempts to cut in on Axalta merger
€13 billion counter-offer by Nippon Paints and Sherwin-Williams ‘undervalues’ the company
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Business11 presumed dead in US paper mill implosion
Two deaths confirmed, nine missing and nine others injured after chemical tank ruptured
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BusinessUK government promises £350 million support for the chemicals sector
Officials say funding will help industry build resilience, remain competitive and decarbonise
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BusinessUS officially moves to dismantle drinking water PFAS regulations
If finalised, the new rules will remove limits on four substances and give utilities longer to comply with remaining limits
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BusinessDetecting airborne pathogens by DNA sequencing
UK spin-out Agnos Biosciences turned a ‘wacky idea’ into a sensor with applications from agriculture to hospitals
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OpinionBritish Steel’s nationalisation plan contrasts against chemical industry decline
UK steel production has been declining for decades thanks to high costs and cheap imports
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BusinessUS FDA commissioner Makary resigns amid chaos and questions
Marty Makary’s departure, amid reports that Trump planned to fire him, is the result of an ‘inherited crisis’ and ‘shifting FDA standards’, BIO says
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BusinessWhere will we get sulfur and helium from when fossil fuel extraction declines?
Effects of Gulf supply restrictions following US war on Iran hints at potential future challenges
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OpinionIran war’s global impact keeps growing
Shortages of bitumen, cooking gas and jet fuel are pushing up prices and disrupting construction
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Business26 killed in fireworks factory explosion in China
Incident on 4 May injured over 60 others, with rescue work hampered by further fires and explosions
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OpinionPurdue Pharma’s opioid prosecution enables bankruptcy settlement
$5 billion criminal sentence paves the way for resolution of civil liabilities through bankruptcy court