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The article focuses on the 5 present increase in median total compensation for named executive officers (NEOs) at US publicly traded chemical companies, reaching approximately 2.73 million U.S. dollar in 2023. Topics include the rise in average pay to 4.41 million U.S. dollar, the significant variation in individual compensation, and the contrast with previous years' trends.

The article offers information on the slowdown of the chemical M&A market in 2023 due to higher interest rates and weak industry performance. Topics include the impact of rising interest rates, uncertainty about the industry's performance, and challenges such as inventory destocking and high energy costs. Despite the challenging environment, potential sellers have been cautious, waiting for improved conditions before making deals.

The article presents the discussion on prices for lithium chemicals fell sharply in 2023 as electric vehicle demand growth slow down. Topics include Albemarle and Arcadium, as well as newer entrants such as Piedmont Lithium Inc., are deferring or curtailing capital expansion plans; and key difficultly in assessing the lithium market is that it is not clear whether spot prices are truly reflective of market dynamics.

The article focuses on BASF SE, which ranked at the top of the chemical industry's sales list in 2022, marking its seventh time in the past decade, with only a few interruptions by other companies.

The article discusses stagnation of executive compensation in the chemical industry during 2022 due to challenging market conditions and weaker equity markets. Topics include the flat pay trend, factors influencing executive compensation, and the highest-paid executives and their compensation, highlighting a comparison with European chemical makers.

Paints and coatings makers are more optimistic about growth prospects than in recent years as the construction business in North America starts to show signs of recovery and industrial end-markets, [...]

The industrial gases sector achieved robust growth in 2011, despite economic d political turmoil, and a series of natural disasters around the world. Spiritus Consulting (Truro, U.K.), an industrial gases [...]

North American chemical distributors continue to benefit from the bounceback that has continued into 2011. The first half of this year for distributors was 'solid,' says Chris Jahn, president of [...]

Chemical industry executives saw significant increases in pay as earnings bounced back from the recession. Median total compensation for chemical industry CEOs was $5.4 million in 2010, an increase of [...]

Emerging markets are shaping post-recession refinery market demand for oil products, as traditional markets, namely U.S. and Western Europe, see increasing fuel efficiency standards and high prices wipe out growth, [...]

Last year started in a frightful manner with sharp demand declines and heavy losses but ended with recovery in sight as conditions stabilized. That pattern was reflected in pay packages [...]

The global economic downturn that has swamped industry volumes and margins is also taking a toll on chemical industry executive compensation, according to CW's annual executive compensation survey. Median total [...]

The chemical distribution sector can no longer call itself 'recession resistant' as it did in fourth-quarter 2008 when the economic turmoil began to affect most of the sector's suppliers and [...]

The article discusses the challenges faced by the chemical industry in balancing capital expenditures and decarbonization efforts amid high interest rates and a challenging operating environment. It discusses that European firms are cutting spending due to poor demand and weak margins; need for decarbonization adds complexity, with major chemical producers aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050; and creating a delicate balance between cost-cutting and sustaining growth projects.

Deals in the last year include DuPont-Danisco, Ecolab-Nalco, Ashland-International Specialty Products (ISP), Solvay-Rhodia. This year got off to a big start, with Eastman's $4.7-billion acquisition of Solutia. Other large deals [...]

Funds operated by The Capital Group (Los Angeles) are the top investors in chemical stocks, in CW's first ranking of the top institutional investors in the chemical industry. CW compiled [...]

Softening consumer demand in Europe and the U.S., coupled with ongoing financial turmoil, have put the global economic recovery at a turning point. The economy is slowing but, while odds [...]

Demand for electronic chemicals is growing again following the global recession with a surge in certain subsectors such as materials for portable electronic devices, solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), [...]

Worldwide demand for rare earth metals is on the rise just as China, which has a near-monopoly on supply, has drastically cut export quotas. New producers have plans to challenge [...]

The article discusses the challenges and opportunities in the lithium industry, driven by the growing demand for electric vehicles and clean energy applications. It mentions that major players like Albemarle and Livent plan significant capacity expansions by 2030 to meet the rising lithium demand.It also mentions that regionalization of supply chains and government incentives are factors driving the growth, but there are challenges, including China's dominance in lithium processing.

Recovery in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity continues, but deals are taking longer to complete than prior to the recession and conflicts over valuation persist, experts say. In the first [...]

The downturn's deep freeze began to aw in the second half of 2009 and recovery has continued so far this year, a trend reflected in firms' M&A plans. 'We are [...]

The chemical distribution sector has stabilized after a year of demand drops, but distributors remain cautious. 'Distributors seem to be doing better than producers, but there is a wide variation [...]

The global economic turmoil has created a chilly environment for industry M&A this year as companies remain pinned down by frozen credit markets. The slowdown in the economy and in [...]

The article focuses on CL Group's acquisition of Custom Ag Formulators Inc. for 60 million U.S. dollar, expanding its portfolio in the agricultural market with new liquid and dry formulations.

The article focuses on FMC Corp. agreeing to sell its global specialty solutions business to Environmental Sciences US LLC for 350 million U.S. dollar, as part of a strategic review to concentrate on crop protection.

The article reports that top three companies in CWs Billion-Dollar Club for 2021 are BASF, Sin opec and Dow as the world recovered from COVID-19Iockdown and demand surged. It mentions that the business revenues shot up across the industry in a year marked by economic growth and inflation, and as supply chains snarled and demand came roaring back across the economy.

The article focuses on pay rise for the top executives of chemical companies in 2021 with the rise in demand, selling prices for most chemicals and equity prices, based on CW executive compensation survey. Topics discussed include components of executives pay package including performance-based incentives in the form of stock awards; relation between region of company's headquarter and pay raise; and lists industry's top earners in 2021.

The article focuses on Sun Chemical and Mitra Chem partnering to develop a battery-grade iron phosphate facility in North America to support the growing LFP ( lithium iron phosphate) supply chain.