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October 21, 2010
Stephan Tanda, board member for DSM, has called on European regulators to be “more ambitious” in their ability to make Europe a leader in industrial biotechnology for...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Industrial-Biotech-Industry-Demands-More-Ambition-from-Regulators-with-video-interview-of-DSMs-Stephan-Tanda_30354.html October 12, 2010
Solutia says it has opened a new photovoltaic laboratory center at Springfield, MA, to develop solutions that support the fast-growing solar energy market. The new facility aims to...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Solutia-Opens-Photovoltaic-Laboratory_30132.html October 8, 2010
This Week on CW: Petrochemical and pharmaceutical industry luminaries gathered this week in Brussels and Paris, respectively, for EPCA and CPhI. At EPCA, CW reported on the industry's...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-October-8_30105.html October 4, 2010
The chemical industry in Europe and other mature regions needs to develop a “new business model” based on new value chains and new technologies, if it is to meet the...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/EPCA-Industry-Seeks-a-New-Business-Model_29928.html September 30, 2010
Shell Chemicals’ main strategy is to be “a highly profitable hydrocarbon upgrader,” Ben van Beurden, executive v.p./chemicals at Royal Dutch Shell says. “The...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Shell-Seeks-to-Boost-Competitiveness-in-Chemicals-Through-Advantaged-Feedstock_29890.html September 23, 2010
Researchers from Rice University (Houston, TX) say they have developed a catalyst that is up to five times more efficient than existing technologies at cracking heavy oil byproducts...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Rice-University-Researchers-Develop-Refining-Catalyst-with-Five-Times-Current-Efficiencies_29705.html September 21, 2010
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions disclosure practices and performance in the materials sector, including chemicals, are generally better than the average of Global 500 and S&P 500...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Materials-Sector-CO2-Disclosure-Better-Than-Average_29674.html September 16, 2010
A report by investment bank HSBC estimates that the global low carbon energy market will reach $2.2 trillion by 2020, even in the absence of U.S. carbon price. The report considered...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Report-Low-Carbon-Energy-Market-to-Reach-$2-2-Trillion-by-2020_29531.html September 16, 2010
Sales of enzymes in the U.S. are set to increase 4.8%/year, to $2.8 billion in 2014, according to research by Freedonia Group (Cleveland, OH), a market research firm. Much of the...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/U-S-Enzyme-Sales-to-Top-$2-8-Billion-in-2014_29465.html September 16, 2010
Despite some high-profile state-level opposition to U.S. EPA's greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations, the vast majority of states are working to comply with the rules and finalize...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Most-States-Ready-to-Comply-with-EPA-Climate-Rules-Group-Says_29519.html September 10, 2010
This Week on CW: Air Products raised its offer for Airgas. Airgas rejected it. Methanex is restarting methanol production in Medicine Hat, Alberta. In other news, Medicine Hat, Alberta...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-September-10_29429.html September 3, 2010
BASF has said today that pilot tests show is has made a major breakthrough in a carbon capture technology that it is developing with Linde and power company RWE. The new technology...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/BASF-Linde-RWE-in-Carbon-Capture-Breakthrough_29244.html August 30, 2010
Rare earth prices have increased by a factor of five in the last several weeks, the company says. W.R. Grace made a similar announcement last week....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Albemarle-to-Implement-Rare-Earth-Surcharge_29077.html August 27, 2010
Answers by Jim Stoppert, CEO Rivertop Renewables (Missoula, MT) · How fast is the renewable chemical/biomaterials sector...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/A-View-from-the-Inside-The-Status-of-Renewable-Chemicals_29037.html August 19, 2010
SGL Group (Wiesbaden) will increase its global isostatic graphite capacity from 5,000 m.t./year to 15,000 m.t./year at a cost of about €75 million ($95.6 million), across the...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/SGL-Invests-in-Graphite-Expansion-to-Meet-Demand-from-Solar-LED-and-Semiconductor-Industries_28858.html August 17, 2010
Marubeni Corporation and Cargill have signed a general collaboration agreement to promote green house gas (GHG) emission reduction projects. The projects include reducing emissions...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Marubeni-and-Cargill-Link-in-GHG-Emission-Reduction-Projects_28827.html August 13, 2010
The lack of a comprehensive federal climate policy, including a carbon price, is the key obstacle to full-scale development to full-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS)...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Task-Force-Carbon-Price-Needed-for-Full-Scale-CCS_28779.html August 12, 2010
The unit, owned by China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. Ltd (Beijing), is one of the world's largest, with a capacity to produce 600,000 tons/year of polyethylene and polypropylene from 1.8 million tons/year of methanol....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Coal-to-Olefins-Unit-Comes-Online-in-China_28760.html August 5, 2010
Editor's note: I'll be away on vacation tomorrow, so here's an early (if somewhat abbreviated) news round-up. This Week on CW: Earnings continued to be strong, though there were some...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-August-5_28626.html August 4, 2010
The Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing, inland China's largest city, is aiming to attract investment from fine chemicals makers and office functions for chemical plants, Li Jianchun...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Chinese-Development-Zone-Aims-to-Attract-Fine-Chemicals-Management_28555.html |
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