Weak demand saw China's imports of toluene plunged to a near six-year low in August, with market sources expecting the bearish sentiment to prolong for the foreseeable future. China's toluene imports in August fell 73% from the previous ...
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, commissioned its second benzoic acid reactor train at its facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, adding 75,000 metric tons of capacity for the production of benzoic ...
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Dow Chemical Company and Preferred Sands' innovation, TERAFORCE Technology, won the 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The winner, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Construction
Argex Titanium, Inc., a producer of high-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) used as white pigment in paint, plastic, paper, cosmetics and other applications, has been selected as a major sponsor of the 2014 TiO2 World Summit being held in ...
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The powder injection molding (PIM) industry, which encompasses metal injection molding (MIM) and ceramic injection molding (CIM), continues to grow with technological innovations, evolving end-user needs, and global changes in production ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components
Corn prices continue to be dominated by expectations of a very large U.S. harvest. The USDA will release a new forecast of the size of the crop on September 11. The market expectation is that the new forecast will be about 250 million ...
Tags: Agriculture, Corn
Even though graphite companies have been ever increasing blips on investors’ radar screens over the past couple of years, the space got a massive visibility and validation boost when the already iconic Tesla Motors announced its ...
Tags: Graphene, Panasonic, Electrical
US-based Dynamic Recycling has started work on its new distilled spirits plant set to come up in Bristol, Tennessee. With this addition, the company will increase its capacity for environment-friendly, economical, safe destruction and ...
Tags: Dynamic Recycling, ethanol
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s biggest private sector company, is implementing a project to source 1.5 MMTPA of ethane from US to feed its crackers in India. RIL has executed storage and capacity agreements for liquefaction ...
Tags: RIL, 1.5 MMTPA of Ethane, Textile
Spot export offers for Chinese magnesium ingot on a FOB basis tracked steady domestic prices, while the overseas physical buying interest has remained lacking, industry sources said Thursday. Most spot offers on a FOB basis were heard ...
Swedish integrated olefins and polyolefins producer, Borealis, has inked a 10-year deal with Antero Resources to supply ethane from the US for its flexible steam cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden. Alongside, Borealis has also signed a ...
On its outlook for the third quarter of 2014, CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. said that although capacity will be constrained by a customary three-week shutdown and equipment installation during the third quarter, it expects third quarter 2014 ...
For the second quarter of 2014, Canada-based Nova Chemicals Corp, a producer of Olefins & Polyolefins, including ethylene, saw its profit slip to $167 million compared to profit of $201 million for the second quarter of 2013, down 16.91 ...
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Smithers Rapra has announced the agenda for the 13th edition of Carbon Black World. Taking place 20-22 October in Barcelona, Spain, this conference and exhibition will feature presentations from Birla Carbon, Cabot Corporation, China Carbon ...
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Lignin, a component of lignocellulosic biomass and a common byproduct stream from cellulosic conversion processes, has a potential market worth of USD242 billion across 13 select products alone, but commercialization of these lignin derived ...
Tags: Lignin, Chemical Product, Decoration