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Caustic Soda Endures 'Cost & Freight' Premium, but for How Long?
Chemical tanker availability is thought to be elevating the cost of caustic soda transportation this year, with little relief envisaged in the...
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India Halts Imports for Key Intermediate Chemical from China
Plastics, packaging, textiles and automotive manufacturers in India are currently prohibited from sourcing purified terephthalic acid from mainland...
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Putting Sustainability at the Heart of The Chemicals Sector
The International Energy Agency has set broad goals for achieving net-zero carbon emissions by the 2050 benchmark. Cutting greenhouse gas pollution...
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Bisphenol A Ban by the Back Door: The 21st Century Way
Despite being a key component of epoxy resins and polycarbonates, and an additive that makes unsaturated polyester resins stronger and resistant to...
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Biobased Acetic Acid: Making a Key Chemicals Feedstock Sustainable
Acetic acid has been made by biobased routes for centuries, albeit in a dilute form. If wine or other alcoholic beverages made by fermentation are...
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Future Funding: Billion-dollar Policy Offers US Bioeconomy a Lifeline
Chemical companies are struggling to find markets as weak demand – driven by inflation fears – permeates the economy worldwide. Manufacturing...
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Caustic Soda Trade in Global Markets: Mid-Year Review 2023
The chlor-alkali sector is uniquely positioned to act as a litmus test for the global economy, making its ripples around trade indicative of what is...
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What wood-based molecules bring to next generation fuels and chemicals
Millions of molecules and megatons of biopolymeric materials from wood sources will meet new, and old, petrochemical-focused markets going forward....
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The International Fight for Low-Carbon Intensity Feedstocks
Chemical companies have a six-and-a-half-year window to realize the ambitious sustainability goals they've been publicizing with aplomb in recent...
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Transforming Fuels & Feedstock: Old Carbon to Low Carbon - AFPM Talk
What do chemicals, forestry and renewable fuels value chains all have in common? Well, we've selected a trio of thought leaders to tell you......