Companies & Investment

The two contracts cover 490,000 cubic metres of daily capacity, combining a major UAE reverse-osmosis project with a five-year operating mandate in Oman.

APSEZ’s debt-funded Evos acquisition would add 6.3 million cubic metres of liquid storage across five European countries, subject to regulatory approval and works council consultation.

China has prohibited the transfer of ABB's robotics operations to SoftBank in its market, jeopardizing a $5.375 billion global deal without yet establishing that the agreement is terminated.

Pupuk Indonesia is exploring an integrated ammonia plant and marine-fuel hub in Batam, but land, gas supply, capacity, approvals and a final investment decision remain unresolved.

Nutrien plans to close its White Springs phosphate operation in the second quarter of 2027, removing a mine that supplied about 23% of its phosphate rock output in 2025.

Aeris has filed an extrajudicial restructuring covering R$1.524 billion of claims while keeping production running, after a steep revenue contraction left debt far above available cash.

Lonza signed to acquire five U.S. manufacturing sites and about 1,100 employees from Merck, expanding from four American sites to nine if the transaction closes in mid-2027.

Daewoo E&C received a letter of award for Indorama's fourth fertilizer train in Port Harcourt, matching the daily ammonia and urea capacity of a third train completed in May.