Europe is likely to remain a net importer of caustic soda as capacity is threatened by the EU's 2017 deadline to make the costly switch to greener technology, Michael Trager, CEO of German PVC producer Vestolit, said this week. "In the ...
Tags: Caustic Soda, chlorine
US-based PVC and caustic soda producer Shintech wants to site its new 500,000 mt/year ethylene plant at Plaquemine, Louisiana, according to a state Department of Environmental Quality air permit application made available to Platts on ...
In the past 25 years, India has achieved a remarkable and considerable pace in the chemical production and most of the growth has been driven by India from all Asian countries in chemical industry. With the structured operations and well ...
Caustic soda or sodium hydroxide or lye is that chemical from which it is impossible to get rid of. May be only heard the name in your chemistry classes during experiments with bases, but just have a look on the labels of cleaning agents ...
Tags: Caustic soda, chlorine production, needs more precautions
Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical of the Republic of Korea announced that they have signed a Heads of Agreement to pursue a 50/50 joint venture arrangement for the design, construction and operation of a proposed 1 million metric ...
Tags: Ethane Cracker, Textile
US chlor-alkali facilities operated at 85% of capacity in November, data from the Chlorine Institute showed Tuesday. The operating rates were up six percentage points from October's 79%. The trade association said US chlor-alkali ...
Tags: Chlor-Alkali, Chemicals
Dow Chzemical will shut the equivalent of about 800,000 mt/year of chlorine and caustic soda capacity in Texas and divest chlorine derivatives assets with a value of up to $5 billion, it said Monday. The divestment includes about 40 ...
Tags: Dow Chzemical, Chemicals
The Dow Chemical Company detailed the scope of a separation of a significant portion of its chlorine value chain. These assets are being carved out for future transactions, and represent up to $5 billion of total annual revenue, inclusive ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Varna. Within the next two years chemicals giant Solvay will invest BGN 55 million in its plant in Bulgaria's Devnia for a new distiller, general manager for Bulgaria and CEO Spyros Nomikos informed. The construction of the new distillery ...
Tags: Solvay Chemicals, Soda Ash Plant
Fluid handling equipments have undergone tremendous changes over the years. As these are being developed, managing water and other fluids are becoming easier and faster. Now what we see in the market is new and improved range. A wide array ...
Grasim announces financial performance for the 2nd quarter ended 30th September, 2013 Consolidated Financial Performance: Grasim Industries Limited, an Aditya Birla Group Company, has reported Revenue of ` 6,849 crore and Net Profit of ...
Industrial Production Operation in September 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China In September 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 10.2 percent year-on-year (the following ...
In the first three quarters of 2013, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the stability, stabilized the macro-economic policies, made innovation on the ...
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Fourth-quarter contract price negotiations in the European caustic soda market have concluded at rollover to Eur15/mt price decreases, depending on the region and customer size, market sources said Monday. Most Q4 contracts were settled ...
Tags: Caustic Soda, Chemicals
The series machine are the equipment pressing powdered materials into ball shape.The design of the product is mainly used for pressing dry powder into pellet material in the briquettes-making technology by pidgeon process. After many years ...
Tags: Coal Briquette Machine