Chemistry & Life Sciences

Western Players and the Chinese Chemical Market

15.01.2014 - Ideals vs. Reality - Obviously, given the importance of the Chinese chemical industry, multinational companies are highly interested in participating in the future growth of the...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Membrane Technology in Chlor-Alkali Plants

17.12.2013 - Phase Out - Mercury contamination continues to be an environmental and public health concern. The World Health Organization considers mercury as one of the top 10 chemicals posing...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

European Chemicals Agency and The Appeals Process

16.12.2013 - Little-Known Step - More than six years after the REACH regulation went into force, perhaps the least-known part of the regulation is the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the European...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

REACH and Chemical Distributors

16.12.2013 - Every Player Counts - By now, everyone in the chemical industry is aware of REACH and in the best-case scenarios, every player knows what is expected of them under the law. But it...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Effect of Global Shale on the GCC

15.12.2013 - Hydrocarbon Building Blocks - Exploitation of shale deposits in the U.S. has risen quickly and will continue to intensify in the coming years as technology and expertise improve...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Distributors see growth opportunities for Chemical Trade with Russia

11.12.2013 - The European Association of Chemical Distributors (Fecc) and EuroCommerce welcomed over forty participants to a high-level meeting on Chemical Trade with Russia and beyond, held in...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

75 Years of Oxo Synthesis

25.11.2013 - Kohlechemie AG, a company collectively founded by a consortium of mining companies in 1927, was renamed Ruhrchemie in April 1928, and began production of fertilizer in 1929 at its...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chemicals in the Middle East

14.11.2013 - Leveraging Feedstocks' Advantage - Behind the Arabian Gulf petrochemical and chemical industry lies three decades of exceptional growth: leveraging advantaged feedstocks, economies...