TBF Environmental Technology Inc., a leader in the development of green industrial solvents, announced that the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) of California has approved and certified TBF Environment Technology ...
Tags: Coating, Construction, Decoration
More toluene contracts for June in Northwest Europe have been agreed at a range of $1,111-1,115/mt FOB NWE, according to three consumers. The settlements represent a small decrease from the previous month's settlements of ...
Tags: Toluene, gasoline market
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, completed nearly 100 environmental compliance and enforcement actions in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington from July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Violations of environmental ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, EPA, Certification
Bayer MaterialScience has been issued the permit for the expansion and operation of its hydrochloric acid facility in Dormagen. The Cologne district authority issued the corresponding ruling following a detailed appraisal. The company can ...
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Surface Preparation for Rubbers Master Bond manufactures a wide range of adhesives for bonding rubbers to rubbers, as well as rubbers to other substrates. Surface preparation plays a key role in ensuring that good bond strength is ...
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Toluene hydro-dealkylation units in Europe are maximizing their run rates amid continuous strength in the benzene market, leading to a renewed interest in incremental toluene, according to sources. This has already triggered some spot ...
Tags: Benzene, Toluene, hydro-dealkylation
Plants are a wonderful way to add color and life to an office. Not only will a leafy green shrub help drown the monotony of a work space, studies have shown that some plants can naturally purify the air around you. Below, we've chosen our ...
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Counter bids for the April Asian Contract Price for paraxylene are seen to come in at around $1,050-1,100/mt CFR, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday. The four PX ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and ...
Tags: Paraxylene, PTA market, PTA producers
In 2013,the national quality supervision have a check result of students stationery products , the sampling percent of pass is up to 90.4%, and it is more than 20 percentage points higher than that of 2008.Quality supervision and ...
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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 ...
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US toluene disproportionation, Mobil selective toluene disproportionation and hydrodealkylation margins moved higher on Monday after spot benzene prices surged, sources said. TDP margins rose $43/mt to be estimated Monday at $298.87/mt, ...
Tags: Spot Benzene, Chemicals
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes on an FOB Korea basis narrowed $2/mt from Tuesday to a more than three-year low of $154.50/mt Wednesday, with MX staying relatively supported while PX and downstream ...
In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. ...
South Korea's November exports of isomer-grade mixed xylenes fell 14% from October to 27,372 mt due to a turnaround and lower shipments to key market China, data released Monday by the Korea Customs Service showed. South Korea exported ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Energy
Researchers in Taiwan have used cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (QDs) to increase the power conversion efficiency of three-junction solar cells by around 10% [Ya-Ju Lee et al, Optics Express, Vol. 21, pA953, 2013]. The team was ...
Tags: CdSe CdSe quantum, Three-junction solar cells p-Ge substrates MOCVD