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 ...

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 ...