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New ways to make, modify titanium oxide nanostructures for industrial, medical uses

12-Sep-2007 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or modify nanorods and nanotubes of titanium oxide, a material used in a variety of industrial and medical applications. The methods and new titanium oxide materials may lead to improved ...

Kemira looks into options for Kemira Pigments and Chemidet ownership

01-Jun-2007 - Kemira has initiated a process to evaluate strategic alternatives for its business units Pigments and Chemidet with the objective of increasing the Company's focus on its core businesses. This process is estimated to conclude by year end 2007. The ChemSolutions business unit will become part of ...

Lyondell Chemical Company sells Inorganic Chemicals Business to National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. (Cristal)

28-Feb-2007 - Lyondell Chemical Company and the National Titanium Dioxide Company Ltd. (Cristal), announced that they have signed an agreement for a proposed sale by Lyondell of its worldwide inorganic chemicals business to Cristal in a transaction valued at approximately $1.2 billion, including the assumption ...

DuPont Titanium Technologies Announces a Price Increase for Titanium Dioxide Paper Grades Sold in North America

28-Sep-2006 - DuPont Titanium Technologies announced a price increase for DuPont titanium dioxide (TiO2) paper grades sold in North America. Effective Oct. 15, 2006, or as permitted by contract, North American (U.S. and Canada) prices for DuPont paper titanium dioxide grades will increase by 4 cents per pound ...

Lyondell Announces Price Increases for Titanium Dioxide Products

01-Aug-2006 - Lyondell Chemical Company is increasing its prices for all rutile and anatase Tiona(R) titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold in Europe to all end-use markets, effective August 1, 2006 or as contracts allow, by euro 130 per metric ton. Tiona(R) products are produced and sold by Millennium ...

Sachtleben particles eliminate chemical and biological warfare agents

19-Jul-2006 - Ever since the Chemical Weapon Convention was signed in 1997, warfare agents such as Sarin, Soman, Tabun or V agents such as VX have been outlawed all over the world. In WWI, these weapons killed some 100,000 soldiers and injured over a million more. The international convention now calls for the ...

Lyondell Announces Price Increases for Titanium Dioxide Products

02-Jan-2006 - Lyondell Chemical Company increased its prices for all rutile and anatase Tiona(R) titanium dioxide (TiO2) products sold to all end-use markets worldwide, effective January 1, 2006, or as contracts allow. Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Inc., a Lyondell company, will increase its TiO2 prices as ...

DuPont and City of Dongying, China, Reach Key Milestone Toward Investment of $1 Billion in New Titanium Dioxide Plant

23-Nov-2005 - Leaders of DuPont and the city of Dongying signed a project agreement - a major milestone on the path toward construction of a world-class titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant representing a total investment of $1 billion in the city's Economic Development Zone. The project agreement is a key step ...

Collaboration on New Microfine Titanium dioxide

14-Mar-2005 - BASF Aktiengesellschaft agreed to collaborate with Sakai Chemical Industry Company, Japan on new microfine titanium dioxide grades. According to the agreement BASF is expanding its UV filter product portfolio to include a range of new inorganic titanium dioxide grades manufactured by Sakai. These ...

Lyondell and Millennium Announce Agreement to Combine

30-Mar-2004 - Lyondell Chemical Company and Millennium Chemicals Inc. announced that their Boards of Directors have approved, and the companies have executed, a definitive agreement for a stock-for-stock business combination of the companies, expected to be tax-free to the shareholders of Millennium and the ...