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India's Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to $0.81/kg on imports of morpholine from China, the US and European Union.
Technip has been awarded a basic and front-end engineering services contract by Petrobras for its grassroots fertiliser complex at Uberaba, Brazil.
US-based speciality chemical and performance materials company Cabot has commenced operations at its new $20m black masterbatch plant in Tianjin, China.
Bharat Petroleum has planned for an Rs50-60bn ($1.04-1.25bn) petrochemical project that will be linked with its Kochi refinery in southern India.
Berkshire Hathaway has completed the acquisition of US-based speciality chemical company Lubrizol for $135 per share in an all-cash transaction.
