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On Monday, Sify Finance reported that RPG’s group chairman had confirmed to reporters that Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. was pursuing its...

The Aditya Birla Group announced today that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Columbian Chemicals Company from One...

According to Dow Jones Newswires, Evonik Industries has short listed around half a dozen bidders to move to the second round of the...

After a very sharp downturn that began around mid-2008 and deepened during the downturn in 2009, the commercial truck tire industry...

According to the Economic Times of India, Mumbai-based Aditya Birla Group has submitted bids for both German-based Evonik Carbon Black...

From Zawya Projects comes news that Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) plans to build a carbon black plant at its Ruwais Refining...

Evonik Carbon Black announced today that it was raising prices for carbon black pigment grades and pigment black preparations by up to 10...

From the St. Louis Business Journal comes word of leadership changes at Carbolytic Materials Co., a St. Louis-based company founded by a...

According to Datamonitor, Suzhou Baohua Carbon Black Co., Ltd. has formed a joint venture with Da Steel Daxing Energy Co., a subsidiary...

From Tom Fowler in the Houston Chronicle comes news that a company called Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Co., or Bostco, is building...

Last month, Notch Consulting Group published the latest issue of its carbon black quarterly newsletter, the Contact Patch. As always, the...

As part of its spin-off from Evonik Industries, in September 2010 Evonik Carbon Black GmbH moved its headquarters from Frankfurt to the...

The Wall Street Journal reports that first round bids for Evonik Industries’ AG Carbon Black unit are due Jan. 12, quoting a person...

The World Trade Organization’s dispute-settlement panel has sided with the Obama administration on a September 2009 decision to levy...

Here’s a story that has me scratching my head. On December 2, Bloomberg reported that Bridgestone planned to cut its rubber consumption...

On December 6, Evonik Carbon Black GmbH, subsidiary of Evonik Industries, Essen, announced that it is increasing prices for Carbon Black...

At the Carbon Black World conference in Rome, Charles McGovern, CEO of INSCX EXCHANGE (Integrated Nano-science and Commodity Exchange)...

Bloomberg reported today that One Equity Partners LLC, the buyout arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co., plans to sell U.S. carbon black...

The 11th Biennial Carbon Black World conference was held last week at the Crown Plaza hotel in Rome, Italy. The last Carbon Black World...

Michelin has announced the launch of a new super sport tire to replace its Michelin Pilot Sport 2. According to Michelin’s press release,...