08.03.2013
- EU competition regulators have cleared the acquisition of Dutch petroleum products and biodiesel storage firm Vesta Terminal by Chinese oil major Sinopec and Swiss-based energy...
01.03.2013
- Dutch oil and chemicals storage firm Vopak missed fourth-quarter operating profit forecasts and warned of only limited growth this year as a weak manufacturing sector cuts demand...
12.02.2013
- Brazil's big sugarcane mills have begun to invest in ethanol production again, after licking their wounds from years of slim margins, as an expanding crop and favorable government...
29.01.2013
- Codexis, headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA is a developer of enzymes and processes for the production of pharmaceuticals, biofuels and bio-based chemicals. Following...
21.01.2013
- Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes said it aims to keep margins at the current high level over the next five years through production efficiency measures, helping send its...
07.12.2012
- Makers of chemicals and plastics from plant matter are emerging as unlikely beneficiaries of the abundance of U.S. shale gas, which is shaking up the global petrochemical industry...
22.08.2012
- Germany must keep a safe layer of fossil fuels-based power capacity in the decades to 2050 by when it hopes to derive 80% of electricity from renewable sources, said a study...
20.05.2012
- After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line...
