Agrochemical industry – Page 6
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BusinessChemicals industry roundup 2018
Industry growth remains strong despite tariff disputes, political uncertainty and supply chain challenges
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BusinessBayer to cut 12000 jobs
As it integrates Monsanto businesses, Bayer will eliminate around 10% of its global workforce
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BusinessLords criticise post-Brexit regulation plans
Current lack of preparedness risks ‘cliff-edge’ on exit day, committee warns
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BusinessSmall biocides companies face uncertain fate
Cost and complexity of European law hampers innovation and excludes SMEs
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OpinionHas Crispr’s patent battle run its course?
As the originators duke it out in court, their patents are becoming increasingly irrelevant
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BusinessBuilding resilience to climate threats
As extreme weather events become more frequent, chemical and pharmaceutical producers are taking steps to fend them off in future
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BusinessUS court overturns plant safety rule delay
Appeal finds Trump’s postponement of the 2017 Chemical Disaster Rule was unlawful
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OpinionBehind enemy lines
When trade war breaks out, globalised industries ship out to dodge tariffs
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BusinessUS government ordered to ban chlorpyrifos insecticide
Court gives EPA 60 days to finalise a ban, which was proposed under Obama but reversed by the Trump administration
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NewsDuPont settles with US government over fatal chemical leak
Firm will pay $3.1 million to settle accident prevention violations linked to incident that killed four workers
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BusinessBayer–Monsanto merger momentum
US antitrust regulators approve Bayer’s $66bn takeover of Monsanto, conditional on the company offloading $9bn in assets
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NewsWhat you need to know about neonicotinoids
The latest on the concerns raised about the pesticides’ impact on bees
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BusinessDowDupont names its three new separate businesses
Corteva Agriscience, Dow and DuPont will be what DowDuPont calls the three independent companies it will spin-off by June 2019
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BusinessChemical industry roundup 2017
Economic and political pressure is encouraging industry to become more specialised as certain sectors consolidate
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BusinessDuPont and Sumitomo link up for seed treatments
Firms will collaborate to develop and commercialise seed-applied technologies
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BusinessEU extends glyphosate licence by 5 years
Extending herbicide’s approval until December 2022 has pleased neither industry nor environmental campaigners
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BusinessSomething fishy about eating insects
While insects as human food remain a novelty in the West, fly larvae grown on human food waste could soon become an important protein source for fish farms