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INSIGHT: Exceptionally high utility costs and historically low consumer confidence – a toxic mix
LONDON (ICIS)--Chemical prices have been falling with the cost of oil, although it is rising inflation and weaker demand that is of greatest current concern. As an uncertain autumn and winter...
MOVES: CP Chem appoints new CFO
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) has appointed Darren Ercolani as senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective 1 October, the US-based petrochemical company...
Energy remains priority in European propylene glycol ethers market amid poor expectations for Q4
LONDON (ICIS)--After a slow start to autumn, production cutbacks at certain domestic facilities look set to continue well into Q4 amid poor outlooks concerning key end-user markets and little sign of...
Egypt’s urea exports halve in H1 2022 on government restrictions
LONDON (ICIS)--In Egypt, urea exports halved to 452,382 tonnes in the first half of the year, down 58% from nearly 1.1m tonnes, according to the ICIS Supply and Demand Database. Producers in Egypt...
China’s Lihuayi Weiyuan picks Lummus tech for PP project
HOUSTON (ICIS)--China’s Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical has selected Lummus’ Novolen polypropylene (PP) technology for a new PP unit in Shandong province, China. Lummus will provide the technology...
Firms mull ammonia power project in Singapore
LONDON (ICIS)--Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed with two partners to work on a project for an ammonia-fired gas turbine on Singapore’s Jurong Island refining and...
Air Company launches sustainable aviation fuel
CO₂-to-chemical firm is using vodka as a step-stool to carbon-neutral jet fuel
PODCAST: China polymer markets ‘worst in 25 years’
BARCELONA (ICIS)--China’s polymers are in bad shape as demand collapses amid a big uptick in capacity additions; global markets beware. Common Prosperity reforms slow economy End to debt-fuelled...
US September barge acetone contracts flat-to-lower in split settlement
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US September barge acetone contracts decreased by 1 cent/lb ($22/tonne) and rolled over in a split settlement, according to sources. Contracts settled at 44 cents/lb DEL (delivered)...
Mineralisation makes chemical recycling of fluoropolymers a possibility
By using molten sodium hydroxide, researchers show they can produce fluorite from fluoropolymers in a two-step process
AkzoNobel’s Paint the Future India challenge awards two startups
Two startups in India have won Paint the Future awards and the chance to continue working together with AkzoNobel to accelerate their solutions. The winning submissions answered the company’s call for innovative ways to enhance
Baking to perfection, with a pinch of chemistry
Katarina Cermelj’s training in synthesis informs how she develops new gluten-free recipes
Terahertz light from superconducting stripes
Why do some materials carry electrical currents without any resistance only when cooled to near absolute zero while others do so at comparatively high temperatures? This key question continues to vex scientists studying the phenomenon
Simple process extracts valuable magnesium salt from seawater
Since ancient times, humans have extracted salts, like table salt, from the ocean. While table salt is the easiest to obtain, seawater is a rich source of different minerals, and researchers are exploring which ones
How to tell if that plastic bottle or bag has recycled material in it
To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a manufacturer’s word, there isn’t an easy way to verify this composition. Now, researchers reporting in
Sniffing out carcinogens in foodstuffs
Andrea Hochegger’s current research focus is the question of contamination with mineral oil hydrocarbons. “We break up complex mixtures into MOSH and MOAH fractions,” Andrea explains. These are groups of chemical compounds found in mineral
Federal judge acquits chemist Feng “Franklin” Tao of wire fraud
The University of Kansas professor awaits sentencing for one count of making false statements
Newly approved antiwrinkle drug challenges Botox’s dominance
Daxxify boasts longer-lasting effects than its predecessor
UK Protium’s hydrogen Tees Valley project ups expected capacity to 68.8MW
LONDON (ICIS)--UK company Protium announced on 26 September that it is expanding its capacity at the Tees Valley hydrogen project to 68.8MW, up from 40MW, the company said. The Tees Valley Net Zero...
Global economies urgently ‘need clean hydrogen’ – Hydrogen Council
LONDON (ICIS)--Due to a combination of several different factors, global economies now require investment and development of hydrogen more than at any other time, the Hydrogen Council's Hydrogen...