BP, Santelisa Vale, and Maeda Unveil Plans to Invest R$1.66 Billion in Biofuels

28-Apr-2008 - BP announced that it intends to take a 50 per cent stake in Tropical BioEnergia SA, a joint venture established by Brazilian companies Santelisa Vale and Maeda Group, which is constructing a 435 million liter (115 million gallons) a year ethanol refinery in Edéia, Goias State, Brazil. The joint ...

Kemira: Tikkurila to sell its stake in Russian JV Sto-Tikkurila to Sto AG

28-Apr-2008 - Tikkurila Oy, the company that is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, has signed an agreement to sell its 50% stake in OOO Sto-Tikkurila to the other party, Sto AG of Germany. The parties have agreed on not disclosing any financials details. The joint venture OOO Sto-Tikkurila ...

Princeton scientists discover exotic quantum state of matter

'Quantum Hall-like effect' found in a bulk material without an applied magnetic field

28-Apr-2008 - A team of scientists from Princeton University has found that one of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics - known as the quantum Hall effect - can occur in nature in a way that no one has ever before seen. The scientists report that they have recorded this exotic behavior of ...

Technological breakthrough in the fight to cut greenhouse gases

28-Apr-2008 - Scientists at Newcastle University have pioneered breakthrough technology in the fight to cut greenhouse gases. The Newcastle University team, led by Michael North, Professor of Organic Chemistry, has developed a highly energy-efficient method of converting waste carbon dioxide (CO2) into ...

LyondellBasell in Australia signs Sustainability Covenant with EPA Victoria and PACIA

25-Apr-2008 - Basell Australia Pty Ltd, a company of LyondellBasell Industries, has become the first plastics manufacturer in Australia to sign a Sustainability Covenant with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA Victoria) and the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association Inc. (PACIA). The covenant ...

Dow Corning Opens Silicone Rubber Plant to Support Asia Growth

Material serves as a key ingredient in electronics, healthcare, construction and energy industries

25-Apr-2008 - Dow Corning has announced the opening of a multi-million dollar investment in a new silicone rubber plant to support growing demand from customers in Asia. Located at Zhangjiagang, in Jiangsu Province, the new plant is the largest investment Dow Corning has made globally in silicone rubber in the ...

'Jobsworths' are putting lives at risk, warns chemical engineering Chief.

25-Apr-2008 - Dr David Brown, Chief Executive at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) says that lives are being put at risk by 'jobsworths and killjoys' who hide behind health and safety legislation. Speaking at IChemE's Hazards XX conference in Manchester, Brown said this misguided approach could ...

Nanotubes grown straight in large numbers

25-Apr-2008 - Duke University chemists have found a way to grow long, straight cylinders only a few atoms thick in very large numbers, removing a major roadblock in the pursuit of nano-scale electronics. These single-walled carbon nanotubes also follow parallel paths as they grow so they don't cross each other ...

Uhdenora receives order from AO "KAUSTIK" Kazakhstan

25-Apr-2008 - Uhdenora received a contract from AO "KAUSTIK" for the new membrane chlor-alkali plant to be erected in Pavlodar - Kazakhstan. The new Uhdenora plant will have a capacity of 91 TPD NaOH. Together with its main contract partner OAO Uhde Dzerzhinsk /Russia, Uhdenora will supply the basic and ...

McVicar announces closing of Luyuan acquisition

24-Apr-2008 - McVicar Resources Inc. announced that its recently announced acquisition of an 80% interest in Luyuan Chemical Co. Ltd. in Xiangshui city by McVicar's subsidiary, Zhejiang Hongbo Chemical Co. Ltd., has been approved by the Chinese government. Hongbo agrees to pay a cash amount of 4,000,000 RMB (~ ...