Ning set to retire after engineering combination of Sinochem with ChemChina and posting a long track record of building up SOEs through mergers and acquisitions

Sinochem trading unit did not explain why it had excluded the Russian firm from a recent crude tender, though another Rosneft subsidiary is under U.S. sanctions

Chairman says there is no plan to sell the Swiss agrochemical giant, after Chinese diplomat calls 2017 purchase a mistake

Move follows speculation state-owned Sinochem will merge with rival ChemChina into a $100 billion global titan

Dispositions would come as company’s megamerger with state-owned rival Sinochem moves ahead

Subsidiary of chemical and petroleum giant to use funds for online oil trading platforms

Central government approves union of state-owned giants ChemChina, Sinochem