24.03.2015
- The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...
28.10.2014
- The European chemical industry has reduced its forecast growth in chemicals output in 2014 in the face of evidence of an economic slowdown both in Europe and in the world's fast...
25.07.2014
- US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy has told Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the agency's plan to require mandatory cuts in carbon...
23.07.2014
- The government of the UK said it plans to stand by its goal to curb emissions by 2027 to 50% of the 1990 level, a target that has led to political opposition and that its own...
28.03.2014
- Co-sponsored by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) and the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), the forum aimed to build cooperation...
25.02.2014
- Shell has secured millions of pounds of funding from the British government for the next stage of its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at SSE's Peterhead gas plant in...
04.02.2014
- Versatile Materials - Going beyond natural polymers, the use of bio-based monomers from biorefineries and "renewable oil," gained from plastics' and bio wastes, renders synthetic...
30.01.2014
- Wrapping Up Efficiency - Plastics are indispensable for ecological and forward-looking strategies. They are the materials of choice, because they are lightweight and robust, their...