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May 16, 2012
Praxair has announced price increases effective June 1 for bulk and packaged industrial, electronics, specialty, and medical gas customers in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Praxair-Announces-Price-Increases-for-Gases-and-Facility-Fees_43498.html May 16, 2012
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS; Washington) said today it plans to conduct an assessment of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). This review is distinct from a...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/NAS-to-Conduct-Review-of-EPAs-IRIS-Program_43509.html May 16, 2012
ACC says it has concerns about the Senate Clean Energy Standard Act, “most notably” the absence of energy efficiency measures, says ACC president and CEO Cal Dooley...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/ACC-Clean-Energy-Act-Fails-to-Promote-Efficiency_43503.html May 16, 2012
Momentive Performance Materials is planning to issue $450 million in new senior secured bonds to institutional investors. The debt will be used to repay $250 million worth of principal on...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Momentive-to-Issue-New-Debt-Partly-for-Refinancing_43504.html May 16, 2012
The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD; China Lake, CA) has awarded Albemarle a contract to complete its first biojet fuel production run. The fuel production is...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Navy-Air-Warfare-Center-Weapons-Division-Awards-Albemarle-Biojet-Fuel-Contract_43430.html May 16, 2012
Braskem reported first-quarter net income of $78 million, down 50% from the year-ago quarter, due to pricing pressures and increased raw material prices...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Braskem-Reports-First-Quarter-Earnings-Issues-Update-on-Ethylene-XXI_43453.html May 16, 2012
International Finance Corporation (IFC; Washington), a member of the World Bank group, says it has launched a benchmarking study of the chemicals and fertilizer production industry to...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/IFC-Launches-Study-to-Help-Improve-Chemical-Manufacturing-Efficiency_43496.html May 16, 2012
Lonza and Avalanche Biotechnologies (San Francisco, CA), a privately held biotechnology company, have formed a manufacturing collaboration focused on process development and scale-up...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Lonza-and-Avalanche-Biotechnologies-Form-Manufacturing-Collaboration_43493.html May 15, 2012
LS9 (San Francisco) says it will open its biodiesel demonstration facility in Okeechobee, FL on June 9. The retrofit facility to develop biodiesel and renewable chemical products was...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/LS9-Opens-Biodiesel-Demonstration-Facility-in-Florida_43439.html May 15, 2012
Leschacho (Bremen, Germany) has opened its new logistics center, Lesacho Logistics, at Laredo, TX...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Leschacho-Opens-Logistics-Center-at-Laredo_43492.html May 15, 2012
Dupré (Lafayette, LA) has opened a new office expansion of its crude operations services at Corpus...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Dupre-Opens-Logistics-Terminal-in-Corpus-Christi_43490.html May 15, 2012
Rockwood Lithium, a division of Rockwood Holdings (Princeton, NJ), is increasing prices of its lithium salts to $1,000/m.t., effective July 1. The increase will help fund investment...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Rockwood-Increases-Lithium-Salt-Prices_43438.html May 15, 2012
LSB Industries (Oklahoma City, OK) says a reactor explosion at its concentrated nitric acid (CNA) plant at El Dorado, AR has significantly damaged the facility as well as the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Explosion-Halts-Nitric-Acid-Production-at-El-Dorado-Chemical_43480.html May 15, 2012
Corning (Corning, NY) has completed a $125-million expansion of its automotive substrate facility in Shanghai, China. Corning is a leading supplier of advanced catalytic converter...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Corning-Opens-Second-Shanghai-Expansion_43478.html May 15, 2012
Süd-Chemie, a Clariant subsidiary, says that its “breakthrough” catalyst used in the Lummus Catofin propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology has been successful in...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Sud-Chemie-Launches-Improved-PDH-Catalyst-for-Catofin-Technology_43474.html May 15, 2012
Ampac Fine Chemicals (AFC; Rancho Cordova, CA), a subsidiary of American Pacific Corp. (Las Vegas, NV), has recorded an operating loss of about $1 million in its fiscal second quarter...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Ampac-Fine-Chemicals-Reports-an-Operating-Loss_43469.html May 14, 2012
Biobased chemicals firm Genomatica (San Diego) says trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and patent infringement claims against the...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Genomatica-Wins-Patent-Dispute_43466.html May 14, 2012
Chemical companies are seeing an increase in opportunities to swap oil and natural gas with renewable raw materials due to the availability of viable, low-cost production processes...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Momentum-Builds-Behind-Viable-Biobased-Technologies_43386.html May 14, 2012
Molycorp says it will issue $650 million in senior secured debt to fund the $1.3 billion acquisition of Neo Material Technologies (Toronto), which was announced in March. The debt will...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/Molycorp-to-Issue-Debt-to-Fund-Neo-Deal_43452.html May 14, 2012
MACROECONOMIC STATUS Our running tab of positive indicators remained at 15 out of 20 this week. Thus, we continue to post a green banner. Consumer Debt up 10.2%; up 5.0% Y/Y Trade...http://www.chemweek.com/regions/north_america/us/ACCs-Economic-Outlook-for-the-Week-Ended-May-11-2012_43450.html |
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