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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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Chemicals Output in a Conflict-locked Post-Covid World
Earlier this year, BASF Chairman Martin Brudermüller warned that Europe was increasingly losing its chemicals sector competitive edge. His comments...
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Northeast US Forestry Update: Maine Feels the Squeeze of Market Dip
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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Caustic Soda Consumption in Pulp and Paper: What You Need to Know
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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Do Mills That Grow Their Own Forests Have An Advantage?
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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9 Impressive Sustainability Developments in Pulp and Paper - July 2023
Taiwan Authorities Issue Guidelines on Use of Packaging Materials by Online Retailers The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has announced...
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Maleic Anhydride Markets Globally at Mid-year 2023
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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Chlorine and Derivatives Markets at Mid-year 2023
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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Forestry News and Trends Through Q2 2023
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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Recycled Fiber Prices: Are You Using Accurate Indexes? You May Not Be
Throughout the last few years in the recycled fiber market, a prevalent issue has been inaccurate OCC (Old Corrugated Container) pricing indexes....