Merck KGaA announced today a global price increase for all its pigments and cosmetic raw materials, in most cases up between 5% and 15%, and in select cases up to 30%. The new prices will be effective Nov. 1, 2011. In making the announcement, Peter Halas, head of the Pigments & Cosmetics business unit at Merck, cited the continuous rise in energy and key raw material costs as necessitating the price increases....