Chemical maker Huntsman Corp. is being acquired by European chemical firm Basell for more than $5 billion. Basell will pay $25.25 per share in cash for Huntsman, the fifth largest U.S. chemical maker, ...

A labor union pension fund has sued Houston's Lyondell Chemical Co. for entering into a deal this month to sell the company for what it said is too low a price. The Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 51 ...

Chemical and plastics maker Basell said on Tuesday it would buy U.S.-based Lyondell Chemical in a deal valued at about $12.14 billion, giving Basell access to a key raw material and Lyondell's ...

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2005--BASF and Shell Chemicals are to sell their 50-50 joint venture Basell, one of the world's leading manufacturers of polyolefins, to a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Basell, the Dutch chemicals group, on Tuesday agreed to buy US-based Huntsman for $5.9bn in a move which will ...

Chemical maker Basell said on Tuesday it would buy Lyondell Chemical Co. for about $12.14 billion, giving it access to Lyondell's commodity assets and refining capacity. Basell has been seeking ...

NEW YORK – Chemicals and plastics maker Basell said Tuesday it would buy Lyondell Chemical Co. (LYO) for about $12.72 billion, continuing a wave of consolidation in the chemical industry and giving ...

Russian-American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik sure doesn't waste time. Less than a week after his takeover bid for Huntsman failed, Blavatnik's Dutch chemicals company Basell Holding has found a new ...

Basell, which is owned by the privately held industrial group Access Industries, is offering $48 per share for the company, a 20% premium over the closing share price on July 16, the day before the ...

Basell Polyolefine GmbH touts enhanced transparency in its new Clyrell RC514L specialty poly¼propylene resin aimed at form-fill-seal applications. The Frankfurt, Germany, firm claims the new material ...

NEW YORK – Basell, a division of billionaire investor Leonard Blavatnik’s Access Industries, said Tuesday it will acquire rival chemical company Huntsman Corp. in a cash deal worth $5.6 billion. The ...