Chemical Week :: People & Business :: Energy and Feedstocks http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:21:18 EDT Cargill Builds Bio-Based Polyol Plant Cargill says it has broken ground on a $22-million, renewable polyols manufacturing plant at Chicago. The facility will produce Cargill's proprietary soybean-based polyols—an ingredient... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12882.html Tue, 8 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT ACC's Economic Report for the Week Ended July 3, 2008 Our running tab of positive indicators rose by one to 10 out of 20 this week. As a result, we continue to post a yellow banner.  ... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12853.html Fri, 4 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Cefic Confirms Downgrade of its Output Forecast Cefic has confirmed an exclusive report in CW and downgraded its 2008 forecast of output growth in the European Union chemicals industry. Output of chemicals, excluding pharmaceuticals, will... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12812.html Wed, 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Arkema Announces Raw Material and Energy Surcharge for Engineering Plastics The surcharge will be adjusted at the end of the third quarter.... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12776.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Solvay Turns to Sustainable Energy Solvay has disclosed plans to source energy for its Tavaux, France manufacturing facilities from a biomass thermal power plant. The proposed power plant would be built and operated by energy... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12683.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT ACC Expects Industry Production to Stall Amid Slow U.S. Economy The U.S. chemical industry started off weak this year, and chemical output, excluding the pharmaceutical sector, is expected to slip to -0.6% this year before rising to 1.2% in 2009, according... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12669.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Dow to Idle Several Plants, Hikes Prices by an Additional 25% Dow Chemical will temporarily idle or reduce production at a number of manufacturing plants in North America and Europe, and will raise selling prices by as much as an additional 25% to restore... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12656.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT ACC's Economic Report for the Week Ended June 20, 2008 Our running tab of positive indicators fell by two to 8 out of 20 this week. As a result, we continue to post a red banner.... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12563.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Gasrec Produces First Batch of Fuel-from-CO2 Gasrec (London) says it has successfully produced the first batch of liquid fuel from carbon dioxide (CO2) at its new plant located on the site of Sita UK's (Meadenhead, U.K.) Surrey, U.K.-based... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12555.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Europe Launches Investigation into Imports of Biodiesel from the U.S. The probe will examine alleged subsidies to U.S. producers and could lead to antidumping duties.... http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/12429.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT