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Jane Denny: Nov 27, 2024, 7:07:21 AM
Biobased and circular economies have emerged as globally impactful transformative forces in industry this decade. On the demand side, there is a...
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Jane Denny: Oct 31, 2024, 9:10:55 AM
Back when I was a mere twinkle in the petrochemicals’ price reporting agency (PRA) industry’s eye, the practical joke and conundrum: “What's heavier?...
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Jane Denny: Oct 16, 2024, 5:09:19 AM
As the second-most produced chemical worldwide and the single biggest carbon-emitting chemical, ammonia is a supply chain product ripe for...
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Jane Denny: Sep 13, 2024, 5:05:13 AM
During the course of 2024, more than 8,000 kilotons of the building block compound acetone will be used in fuels, acrylics, fabrics, cosmetics, and...
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Jane Denny: Sep 3, 2024, 7:49:10 AM
As a chemical intermediate in the production of acrylics and polycarbonates, and key solvent compound, acetone underpins a wide range of end...
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Jane Denny: Aug 5, 2024, 9:46:02 AM
Oleochemicals markets are poised for volatility as the effects of economic protectionism and environmental regulation ripple across nature-based...
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Jane Denny: Jul 15, 2024, 2:02:01 PM
A decade ago, a unique concept car built using eco-friendly polyols by a 185-year-old US-based company left some sector participants scratching their...
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Jane Denny: Jul 2, 2024, 1:49:52 PM
This article was updated on September 11, 2024. See the updated section below The US hurricane season brings heightened levels of uncertainty to...
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Jane Denny: Jan 29, 2024, 3:09:01 PM
Not enough years have passed for the Texas Big Freeze shockwaves to have fully exited the chemicals sector consciousness just yet. So severe was its...
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Jane Denny: Jan 11, 2024, 6:22:21 AM
As the world looks to meet the Net Zero aspirations considered vital to a sustainable future, plastics occupy an increasingly precarious position.
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Jane Denny: Nov 15, 2023, 11:50:15 AM
The chemical industry, the high-volume sector of the industry in particular, pivots on the conversion of fairly inert carbonaceous matter into...
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Jane Denny: Oct 16, 2023, 12:25:53 PM
Discussions on low carbon or sustainable feedstocks at European Petrochemical Association gatherings – even ten years ago – were rare. Back then,...
