27.04.2012
- The European Union's bioethanol industry looks set to expand production later this year, with U.S. imports expected to fall sharply following the closure of a tariff loophole...
04.04.2012
- Opinion - Advanced non-food biofuels are nearing price competitiveness with gasoline but tiny volumes mean food crops will continue to bear the burden of efforts to wean off crude...
07.03.2012
- Alternatives To Oil - Light olefins, or short alkenes, are key platform molecules for the chemical industry. They are almost exclusively obtained from fossil oil. Because of the...
07.03.2012
- Competing for Land - The way we use our land is changing. As the world's population increases and greater pressure is put on global resources, we need to think carefully about how...
09.02.2012
- BASF said it has inaugurated its new world-scale production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America. The plant has a capacity of 60...
09.12.2011
- Nature's Building Block - It looks like that the time of cheap oil is over. The challenge of this century will be the exploitation of alternative resources to secure growth and...
10.11.2011
- Vopak, the world's largest independent storage tank operator, reiterated its 2011 outlook and said it expected improved demand for biofuels after uncertainty in that market had...
09.11.2011
- New Energy - Fossil resources are limited, but the global demand for fuels and chemicals is continuously rising. In addition to European and national legislations that set...
