Keyword: Catalysis & Catalysts

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European Oil Refineries Sold And Up For Sale

23.07.2010 - Many European oil and chemical firms have been looking to sell domestic refineries since last year as demand for fuels and petrochemical products has fallen more sharply in Europe...

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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Evonik Announce Metathesis Catalysts License Agreement

07.07.2010 - Evonik Industries and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Incorporated, Bolingbrook, Ill. have entered into a license agreement regarding Evonik’s U.S. patents Nos. 7,738,528 and 7,652...

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Johnson Matthey to Shut UK Unit, 50 Jobs at Risk

28.05.2010 - British platinum refiner Johnson Matthey said it will close its Vertec unit in Birmingham, central England, putting 50 jobs at risk. Johnson Matthey, the world's largest supplier...

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New Water-Splitting Catalyst Found

25.05.2010 - Expanding on work published two years ago, MIT's Daniel Nocera and his associates have found yet another formulation, based on inexpensive and widely available materials, that can...

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Brookhaven Lab Chemists Receive Patents for Fuel-cell Catalysts

25.05.2010 - Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have received three patents for developing catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions in fuel cells. The...

Chemicals & Distribution

New Metathesis Catalysts

Evonik Industries AG - The Catalysts Business Line of Evonik has expanded its portfolio of metathesis catalysts. It is offering its customers three new, efficient homogeneous catalysts that cover a broad...

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Evonik Acquires Catalyst Business From H.C. Starck

01.03.2010 - Evonik Industries has acquired the catalyst business of H.C. Starck GmbH based in Goslar, Germany. The know-how and technology relating to the production and use of Amperkat...

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Aromatics Catalysts: Interview with Hans-Joachim Mueller, Süd-Chemie

18.01.2010 - Süd-Chemie, a leading manufacturer of industrial catalysts based in Munich, Germany, and GTC Technology, Houston, Texas, U.S., a global technology licensing and engineering company...