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UK chemical and pharma companies report lower sales volumes in last 6 months
Sales by the UK chemical and pharmaceutical industry to customers declined during the past six months, according to the latest survey carried out by the Chemical Industries Association (CIA; London). CIA says that 44% of companies report lower sales...

European Commission inspects oil companies over possible price-fixing in crude oil, refined products, and biofuel markets
The European Commission says it has carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies operating in the crude oil, refined oil products, and biofuel sectors amid concerns that the companies may have colluded in reporting distorted prices...

Tata given go ahead for EfW project to power UK soda ash plant
An appeal preventing Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE; Northwich, UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Chemicals (Mumbai), from building an energy-from-waste (EfW) facility to supply the company's soda ash plant at Lostock, UK, has been dropped, TCE has...

Linde signs long-term supply deal with SSI UK
Linde says its BOC subsidiary has signed a long-term agreement to supply industrial gases to Sahaviriya Steel Industries United Kingdom (SSI UK; Redcar, UK), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI; Bangkok). SSI UK has iron and...

Merck KGaA leads international consortium to develop cobalt-based dye-sensitized solar cells
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) is leading a consortium sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bonn) to develop cobalt-based, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) for use in photovoltaic and other indoor and outdoor applications, the...

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