Insights and Stories on ChemChina

EU probe to hold up ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta

Oct. 28, 2016 at 1:58 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union antitrust regulators on Friday opened an in-depth investigation into state-owned Chinese chemicals group ChemChina’s US$43 billion bid for Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, China’s biggest-ever foreign acquisition. Syngenta’s shares plunged over nine per cent on Monday after the European Commission said the companies […]

ChemChina reported ready for concessions to clinch Syngenta deal

Oct. 25, 2016 at 1:40 pm CDT

By Chen Aizhu Michael Shields

Syngenta slumps after EU watchdog sparks ChemChina deal doubts

Oct. 24, 2016 at 1:43 pm CDT

By Foo Yun Chee Oliver Hirt

ChemChina, Syngenta ready to offer EU remedies over merger

Oct. 14, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Reuters

Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

Sep. 26, 2016 at 8:20 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Chinese pesticide firm to buy Adama Agricultural

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:09 pm CDT

Hong Kong | Reuters — China’s Hubei Sanonda will acquire Israel’s Adama Agricultural Solutions for about 18.6 billion yuan (C$3.67 billion), Sanonda said on Tuesday. Pesticide firm Sanonda, based in China’s central Hubei province, also said it aimed to raise up to 2.5 billion yuan (C$493 million) in a private […]

By Reuters

ChemChina extends tender offers for Syngenta

Sep. 6, 2016 at 1:20 pm CDT

Zurich | Reuters — ChemChina on Tuesday extended by almost two months the deadline for Syngenta investors to tender their shares as the Chinese company seeks to complete a US$43 billion takeover of the Swiss pesticides and seeds group. Investors in Basel-based Syngenta now have until Nov. 8 to tender […]

By Reuters

U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

Aug. 23, 2016 at 7:26 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing in late September to discuss the mergers of Dow Chemical and Dupont as well as ChemChina’s purchase of Syngenta, committee chair Charles Grassley said in a statement Tuesday. Grassley, a Republican from the farm state of Iowa, […]

By Reuters

U.S. watchdog clears ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta

Aug. 22, 2016 at 6:06 pm CDT

Zurich | Reuters — A U.S. regulator has cleared ChemChina’s US$43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, the companies said Monday, boosting chances that the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company will go through. The decision should remove significant uncertainty over whether the acquisition of […]

By Reuters

U.S. EPA draft report calls out atrazine for risk to animals

Jun. 3, 2016 at 5:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — One of the most popular herbicides in U.S. agriculture can be dangerous to animals and fish and leaves behind worrisome residue levels, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday in a draft report that sparked outrage among farmers. The agency’s assessment of atrazine could lead […]

By Tom Polansek

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