Keyword: Biofuels

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Perstorp to Divest BioProducts

26.11.2018 - Swedish specialty chemicals producer Perstorp plans to sell its Perstorp BioProducts arm, a major producer of biodiesel and glycerine in Scandinavia, to a Swedish investor together...

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ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Scale up Algae Research

12.03.2018 - Following nearly 10 years of research, ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics are scaling up their joint research into using algae as a biofuel. The companies believe that 10,000 bbl/d...

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China’s Sinobioway Invests in Enerkem

25.01.2018 - Chinese bio-industrial conglomerate Sinobioway Group has made an equity investment of Can$125 million into Enerkem, a Canadian manufacturer of biofuels and renewable chemicals from...

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M&G Group Companies in Bankruptcy Filing

27.10.2017 - Within a day of each other, Europe and US-headquartered companies belonging to the Tortona, Italy-based M&G Group filed for protection from creditors. The PET specialist...

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Bayer Details Agrochems Outlook and Plans

22.09.2017 - Bayer Crop Science has voiced its optimism that long-term trends in the agricultural sector remained positive despite the market’s recent weakness and volatility. Speaking at the...

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Biofuel Firm Settles on Grangemouth Site

29.08.2016 - Edinburgh, Scotland-based Celtic Renewables, a company specialized in producing bio-butanol from Scotch whisky byproducts, has filed an application with the local Falkirk Council...

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CEFIC Says Chemicals Can Help Decarbonize Transport

27.07.2016 - Commenting on the European Commission’s publication last week of its strategy to decarbonize the EU transport sector, Marco Mensink, director general of the European Chemistry...

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Scottish Greens Call for Grangemouth Nationalization

01.09.2015 - Research commissioned by the Green Party in Scotland is claimed to show that a transition from fossil fuels to green energy could create 200,000 jobs across the UK’s northernmost...