German chemicals maker BASF (BASFn.DE) is in talks with drugmaker Bayer (BAYGn.DE) to buy its vegetable seeds business, which is valued at around 1.5 billion euros ($1.85 billion) including debt, two people familiar...
Chemical and Fertiliser
Bayer to win EU approval for $62.5 billion Monsanto deal, say reports
German drug and crop chemicals maker Bayer is set to win conditional European Union antitrust approval for its $62.5 billion bid for world No. 1 seed company Monsanto, two people familiar with the matter said on...
Crystal completes acquisition of Cytec India facility
Crystal Crop Protection said on Monday it has completed the acquisition of speciality chemical manufacturing facility of Cytec India, a unit of Belgian chemical major Solvay SA. The facility is located on around 10...
Yara to focus on integration, improvement rather than M&A – CEO
Norwegian fertiliser-maker Yara International is focusing on integrating recent acquisitions in India and Brazil, rather than doing more deals, Chief Executive Svein Tore Holsether told Reuters on Thursday. “Our focus...
Brazilian antitrust agency approves Bayer-Monsanto tie-up
Brazilian antitrust agency Cade on Wednesday approved Bayer AG’s proposed takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto Co without requiring further asset sales beyond a global proposal announced last October. Cade’s...
Crystal Crop Protection to buy Solvay’s specialty chemical unit
Crystal Crop Protection, backed by South Asia-focused private equity fund Everstone Capital, has agreed to acquire the specialty chemical manufacturing business of the world’s largest chemicals firm, SolvayBSE 0...
Mahindra forays into sprayers biz by acquiring stake in MITRA
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) today said it has forayed into the sprayers business by acquiring 26 percent stake in Maharashtra-based Agri tech firm MITRA. Under the transaction, which is expected to close by next...
EU review of Bayer’s Monsanto bid postponed further
Bayer’s (BAYGn.DE) quest to win regulatory approval for its planned takeover of Monsanto (MON.N) ran into further delays on Monday as European Union antitrust investigators extended their investigation by five working...
Bayer confident of Monsanto acquisition
German chemicals giant BayerBSE -2.12 % is confident of its acquisition of US-based MonsantoBSE -1.47 %, as it awaits approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to go ahead with the $66 billion merger, a...
CCI sees Bayer-Monsanto deal impacting competition, starts public scrutiny
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched a public scrutiny of the finer details of the proposed $66 billion Bayer-Monsanto deal, as it feels that prima facie the deal has, or likely to have an major...
Potash Corp, Agrium win final approval to merge, forming Nutrien
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc (POT.TO) and Agrium Inc (AGU.TO) have received final regulatory clearance to merge, forming a new company to be known as Nutrien, the two firms said on Wednesday. The two Canadian...
Coromandel to acquire Bio-Pesticides business of EID Parry for Rs 338 crore
Coromandel International, India’s second largest phosphatic fertiliser player with interests in fertilisers, crop protection, specialty nutrients, organic fertilisers, has signed a term sheet to acquire the Bio...
