http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:24:10 EDT CEO for NEPIC It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Dr Ashok Kumar MP for Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland. He was well respected by his colleagues in the Process... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/25431.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT CEO of Hovione For most of this decade we have been told that the number of new drug approvals by FDA is decreasing. An article published in Nature in December 20091 sheds new light on... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/25401.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT By Dr. Harpal Singh, co-founder and CEO for Supply Chain Consultants Companies embark on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) with high hopes, promising the financial community improved... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/25170.html Thu, 4 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Manufacturers of basic and specialty chemicals have been researching and using nanoscale material for a number of years.  The appeal of nanoscale materials for manufacturing is evident. As... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/24938.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST It has become widely recognized that since the financial crisis the Chinese economy has taken on the leadership role in the global economic recovery.  This was forecast as early as Q1 2008 by George Soros in his book on the then-evolving credit crisis; Soros was also one of the few who then foresaw the magnitude of the crisis.... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/24710.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Harpal Singh, CEO of Supply Chain Consultants The cost required to distribute bulk products such as petroleum, chemicals, and gases is a substantial part of the total cost of manufacturing... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/24165.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST Never before has there been so much uncertainty over the future supply and demand for hydrocarbons, particularly in transport, which accounts for 50% of primary oil consumption. Some argue that... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/23921.html Wed, 6 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST During the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen this week we have witnessed climate activists criticising carbon trading as the mechanism of choice for achieving emission... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/23363.html Wed, 9 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST European Union (EU)A [carbon] prices have enjoyed a strong rally in recent days. The Dec09 contract is now nearing €15.00 ($22) having traded at only €12.50 last week. Many reasons... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/23337.html Tue, 8 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST At the UN Climate Change Summit (COP 15) in Copenhagen, a leading climate scientist from NASA, Dr James Hansen, has claimed that “cap-and-trade schemes are a terrible idea”. He went... http://www.chemweek.com/chem_ideas/Guest-Author/23342.html Tue, 8 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST