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Earlier this year, BASF Chairman Martin Brudermüller warned that Europe was increasingly losing its chemicals sector competitive edge. His comments followed the announcement of permanent plant closures at the company's home base of Ludwigshafen in...
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Like many forestry businesses across the US, those in Maine and the northeast are feeling the strain of a market downturn. Several factors have...
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As the pulp and paper sector market continues to grow each year, so does the consumption of caustic soda in the industry. Over the past seven years,...
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Within the pulp and paper industry, there are either mills that grow their own forests to produce pulp or mills that buy the wood from the market. In...
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Taiwan Authorities Issue Guidelines on Use of Packaging Materials by Online Retailers The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has announced...
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The global maleic anhydride market continues to be under downward pressure in 2023 amid the economic slowdown. Like many other products in the...
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The markets for chlor-alkali have faltered during the first half of 2023, as projected in our early-year analysis of these markets. As predicted, the...
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2023 is already halfway over; can you believe it? Over the past six months, we’ve seen some critical developments in the forestry industry. We've...
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Throughout the last few years in the recycled fiber market, a prevalent issue has been inaccurate OCC (Old Corrugated Container) pricing indexes....
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What Are Biofuels? Biofuels are a class of renewable fuels derived from organic material known as biomass. These organic materials for biofuels...
