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  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Chemicals
    Energy crisis prompts further warnings by German chemical groups

    Evonik and Covestro, which together employ more than 50,000 people, have both said profits will fall

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    BASF outlines further cost-cutting and 2,600 job losses as it downsizes in Germany

    World’s biggest chemicals group says it will wind down several plants

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    LexOil & Gas industry
    BASF/Russia: ending Faustian pact creates recurring costs for Germany Premium content

    Chemical juggernaut’s writedown of stake in Wintershall DEA heralds a bleaker energy landscape

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    The Big Read
    Germany confronts a broken business model

    Can the country’s industrial economy reinvent itself for an era without cheap gas from Russia?

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    China-bashing will get Europe nowhere

    The bloc needs to create an environment that will enable its companies to outcompete global rivals

  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    BASF’s transatlantic divide

    The world’s biggest chemical producer has good news and bad news

  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    BASF to downsize ‘permanently’ in Europe

    World’s biggest chemicals company says high energy costs make region increasingly uncompetitive

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    BASF to cut €1bn in costs as energy crisis burns hole in profits

    German chemicals group is the latest company to lay out blow to trading from European market storm

  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
    LexGerman economy
    Rhine/drought: low water levels will parch the German economy Premium content
  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    BASF to wind down in Russia and Belarus

    World’s biggest chemicals company sets July deadline for closure of remaining businesses in two countries

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    Lex
    Wintershall Dea/BASF: Russian gas IPO offers little spark Premium content

    Mikhail Fridman’s fund wants to block listing of German group’s private energy company

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    LetterOne Holdings SA
    Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne to block BASF over Wintershall IPO

    Investment group says float of $20bn company not desirable in short-term

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Chemicals
    Europe’s chemicals industry warns on threat from EU plans

    BASF chief says policymakers must work more closely with industry on regulations of 12,000 substances

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    LexChemicals
    Sika/MBCC: speciality chemicals groups are sticking together Premium content

    The deal machine may be reaching its limit

  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
    Renewable energy
    Europe risks falling behind China and US in renewables, warn industry chiefs

    Leaders of BASF and Siemens Gamesa call for shake-up of energy planning rules

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Multinationals criticised for UK job cuts after taking cheap Covid loans

    German chemicals company BASF singled out by Labour for moving work to France after receiving £1bn

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Batteries
    BASF, Fortum and Norilsk Nickel plan battery recycling project

    Companies gearing up to process used batteries from electric cars

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    BASF warns of ‘significant impact’ on business from coronavirus

    German chemicals group blames Brexit and trade tensions for earnings fall

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    Xinjiang
    Deutschland AG sticks with Xinjiang despite Uighurs mistreatment

    Volkswagen and BASF among German groups caught in mounting controversy

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Disease control and prevention
    Innovative finance schemes increase access to medicine

    Bulk purchasing guarantees help overcome manufacturers’ reluctance

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    BASF breaks ground on $10bn China chemical complex

    Project reflects Beijing’s loosening of restrictions on foreign investment

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    LexChemicals
    BASF: the wrong chemistry Premium content

    Health of chemicals group’s customers will have biggest influence on its fortunes

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    BASF’s profit warning jolts German industrials

    Chemicals group cuts earnings forecast by 30% and blames US-China trade war for pessimism

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    Chemicals
    European chemicals companies fall after BASF warning

    World’s biggest chemicals company warned slowing economy and trade tensions would hit profits

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Chinese VC, BASF warns, Deutsche, Epstein

    Chinese venture capital investment in US biotech falls in first half of the year

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