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2025-01-17
DOE Offers $100M For Pilot-Scale Carbon Conversion
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced up to $100 million in federal funding is available for large-scale conversion of carbon emissions captured from industrial operations and power plants into environmentally responsible and economically valuable products. View More
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2025-01-16
BASF Coatings enters into a strategic partnership for the aftersales market
BASF’s Coatings division announces that BMW Group has selected the premium refinish brands Glasurit and R-M among their preferred paint brands for its aftersales network. This strategic partnership includes 50 markets where BMW Group is not present with its private label. The Glasurit 100 Line AraClass and R-M Agilis Pioneer Series product portfolio are set to reshape the future of body shops worldwide with its commitment to sustainability and high-performance solutions. View More
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2025-01-15
Germany’s Covestro to Expand U.S. Ohio Plant
Covestro, a global manufacturer of polycarbonate material solutions headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, has announced that it is expanding its site in Hebron, Ohio. View More
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2025-01-15
Ineos CEO: UK Chemical Industry Near ‘Extinction’ as Company Closes Last Ethanol Plant
Ineos CEO Jim Ratcliffe said Jan. 13 the U.K.’s chemical industry is on the brink of collapse after the company announced the closing of its ethanol plant in Scotland. View More
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2025-01-14
Bayer, Neste to Collaborate on Developing Feedstocks for Renewable Fuels
Bayer and Neste, a producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel, announced they will jointly scale winter canola as a biomass-based feedstock for renewable products like biofuels. Within the collaboration, the companies will develop a winter canola ecosystem in the Southern region of the United States, including product development and additional collaborations to enable Bayer to enter this market. View More
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2025-01-10
BASF increases prices for MDI in ASEAN and South Asia
With immediate effect, or as contract terms allow, BASF will increase prices for its Lupranate® MDI (Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate) MS grades by $300 per metric ton in ASEAN and South Asia. View More
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2025-01-09
Covestro Expands Production in Ohio
Covestro invested a low triple-digit million Euro amount to expand its site in Hebron, Ohio, USA. It will construct multiple new production lines and infrastructure to manufacture customized polycarbonate compounds and blends and significantly expand its capacity in the Solutions & Specialties business for the American market. View More
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2025-01-08
EPA Adds More PFAS to Toxic Release Inventory Reporting Requirements
On Jan. 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added nine additional per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of chemicals covered by the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). View More
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2025-01-07
Chemists Create Eco-Friendly Chlorination Method
Rice University chemists have developed an eco-friendly method for incorporating chlorine into chemical compounds used in medications, plastics and pesticides, according to a news release. Published in Nature Synthesis on Jan. 2, the process uses iron and sulfur catalysts activated by blue light to add chlorine atoms to organic molecules at room temperature. This approach, led by Julian West, eliminates the need for harsh chemicals and high temperatures typically required in chlorination. View More
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2025-01-03
Mexico to impose new protective tariff on finished textile imports
Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Thursday that Mexico will temporarily impose a 35% tariff on more than 100 finished textile imports in order to protect the Mexican textile/clothing industry. View More
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2025-01-03
BASF and Research Partners Collaborate to Optimize Mechanical Recycling of Plastics
12.30.24 BASF has teamed up with Endress+Hauser and TechnoCompound as well as the Universities of Bayreuth and Jena to study how the mechanical recycling of plastics can be improved. With funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the SpecReK project aims to reliably and precisely identify the composition of plastic waste during the recycling process and thus improve the quality of recycled plastics. This will be achieved by combining state-of-the-art measuring techniques with artificial intelligence (AI). View More
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2024-12-31
EU Initiates Anti-Dumping Investigation on Barium Carbonate from China and India
Announcement Date: December 20, 2024 Issuing Authority: European Commission Overview: Following an application submitted by Kandelium Group GmbH on November 5, 2024, the European Commission has decided to initiate an anti-dumping investigation on barium carbonate from China and India. The product falls under the EU Combined Nomenclature (CN) code ex 2836 60 00 (TARIC code 2836 60 00 10). View More
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2024-12-31
LANXESS receives excellent sustainability ratings
LANXESS has achieved top positions in several sustainability ratings. In the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Europe, the specialty chemicals company ranked first in the “Chemicals” category with 79 out of 100 points. In the DJSI World, LANXESS achieved 4th place and scored particularly well in the areas of climate strategy, water, corporate ethics, human rights and product stewardship. View More
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2024-12-27
Dow was named to the Fortune China ESG Influence List
As the authoritative voice of the global business community, Fortune magazine's awards have always been an important standard for the industry to measure corporate impact and leadership. View More
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2024-12-26
LANXESS’ ion exchange resin for mobile water treatment unit for PFAS removal
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has equipped the first mobile plant of De Watergroep for the removal of PFAS from water with its Lewatit TP 108 DW ion exchange resin. The fully modular water treatment unit is located in the region Brussels, Belgium, and can purify up to 190,000 liters of drinking water per hour. View More
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2024-12-25
BASF to sell Food and Health Performance Ingredients business to Louis Dreyfus Company
BASF has signed a binding agreement to sell its Food and Health Performance Ingredients business, including the production site in Illertissen, Germany, to Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods including high-quality, plant-based ingredients. BASF’s Food and Health Performance Ingredients portfolio plays a vital role in addressing growing trends in human nutrition. However, the business has limited synergies and integration into BASF and is no longer a strategic focus area. View More
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2024-12-23
Covestro shareholders approve XRG takeover deal
Adnoc’s global energy investment arm XRG announced on Thursday that it would become the majority shareholder of Covestro, after the German chemicals company’s shareholders accepted a takeover offer. View More
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2024-12-20
Tariffs, Taxes and Labor: What Trump’s Policies Mean for Construction and Glass
Major changes could be in store for the construction and glass industries. President-elect Donald Trump and administration officials have promised widespread modifications to taxes, domestic manufacturing, energy, business regulations, tariffs and labor. Let’s dive into several expected changes and see how they will impact the construction and glass industries. View More
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2024-12-19
PPG recognized in Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies list for fourth consecutive year
PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has been named to Newsweek magazine’s America’s Most Responsible Companies list for the fourth consecutive year. Thousands of companies were considered for the 2024 list, which recognizes the 600 most responsible companies in the United States across 14 industry subcategories. View More
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2024-12-18
Sun Chemical to Increase Prices for Its Global Pigments Portfolio
Sun Chemical will increase prices for parts of its pigment portfolio, effective January 1, 2025. Due to the rising costs of raw materials and production driven by inflation, along with ongoing efforts to comply with sustainability regulations, production expenses have significantly risen and necessitated the price increase. View More
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