Cargill Inc of Minneapolis, MN and Akzo Nobel NV of The Netherlands have announced an agreement in principle for Cargill to acquire the North American salt production, processing…
Month: August 1996
Salt and Soda Products Help Harris to Record Quarter
Harris Chemical North America Inc (HCNA) of New York, NY has reported record first quarter operating results for the three month period ended June 29, 1996. The company…
Lafarge Corp Buys Georgia-Pacific Wallboard Plants
Lafarge Corp of Reston, VA has reached an agreement to acquire Georgia-Pacific Corp’s gypsum wallboard manufacturing plants in Buchanan, NY and Wilmington, DE. The acquisition of the…
Orleans Begins Construction of Quebec Wollastonite Project
Orleans Resources Inc of Montreal, Que says it has completed the financing for commercial exploitation of its wollastonite deposit in Lac St-Jean, Que. Earlier this month, the…
Imetal Industrial Minerals Growth Lead by U.S. Subsidiaries
Imetal SA of France expects industrial minerals to account for 40% of its sales in 1996 versus 29% in 1995. Much of the growth will come from acquisitions…