Reuters - DuPont Co.'s second-quarter profit fell as price hikes for its products failed to offset increases in energy costs, the No. 2 U.S. chemicals maker said on Tuesday.

Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics and Siltronic, a leading maker of silicon wafers and unit of German chemicals group Wacker Chemie, plan a joint venture to build a 300-milimeter wafer factory in Singapore. The partnership will be a 50-50 joint venture and named Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte....

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has provided a $17.5 million Rupee-denominated loan to strengthen and expand the operations of Atul Limited, an Indian leading chemical company. The company manufactures a wide range of chemicals...

Reuters - DuPont Co. , the second-largest U.S. chemicals maker, said on Friday its growth in China would accelerate and that it was adding hundreds of employees a year at its China operations.

Reuters - Bayer finally won control of Schering on Wednesday for an increased price of almost $22 billion as Merck KGaA bowed out and sold its stake to the larger drugs and chemicals group.