Table of Contents

Cover Story

LyondellBasell: Building a Global Petchem Giant

Catalysts: Rising Energy Costs Bolster Growth

Newsbriefs

Top of the Week

Retailers target products containing bisphenol-A

Plastics and oil drive BASF's results; Agchems boost Bayer

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

Emerging markets, agchems drive first-quarter results

Rail shippers stress need for common carrier obligation

Strong sales fail to lift some specialty chemical profits

Ag demand ups PotashCorp, Terra, and Yara profits

Europe/Mideast

Management buyout planned for Sibur

Higher prices, volumes lift chemical profits

Asia/Pacific

Solvay enters PEEK production with Indian plant

Reliance delays petchem contract

New Construction Projects

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

Fresenius Kabi buys Indian generics and API firm

Saltigo aims to expand in Japan

Ranbaxy, Orchid form pact

Symrise enters health sector

Specialty Chemicals

EU consumer group aims to ban some colorants

Cargill-Elevance form marketing alliance

Basic Chemicals & Plastics

First-quarter prices soar on tight ag markets

Digest

Ineos Grangemouth, U.K. site faces strike

CW Price Report

Regulatory

Report links smog to premature death

Investor group eyes more financial risk disclosure

Arguments in lead paint case to be aired on Web

Euro Chlor Conference: Energy issues a concern

CW75

Chemical stocks rise on first-quarter earnings

Departments

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Marketplace

Chemical Week - April 28, 2008 Index