Keyword: Dow

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Miracle of Shale Gas

25.09.2013 - Cheap, Clean And Controversial - Shale gas has the potential to turn the world's energy industry on its head. It's abundant. It's cheap. It burns cleaner than other fossil fuels...

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Dow Appeals $1.1 Billion Isocyanates Cartel Fine

03.09.2013 - Dow Chemical has asked the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a $1.1 billion fine imposed by a district court in Kansas City, Kansas, in connection with an alleged...

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Dow Confirms U.S. Sites for New Shale Gas-fed Plants

02.09.2013 - Dow Chemical has confirmed the locations for its planned new shale gas-fed polymer plants on the U.S. Gulf Coast, announced in March of this year and expected to be in full...

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Solvay-Sadara JV to Build Hydrogen Peroxide Plant in Saudi Arabia

02.09.2013 - Belgium's Solvay and Saudi Arabia's Sadara Chemical Company have established a joint venture to produce hydrogen peroxide in Saudi Arabia. A new 300,000 t/y facility planned to...

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Battery Material Producers Remain Optimistic

06.08.2013 - Technology - Companies developing and producing chemicals for the large battery market are remaining bullish about its prospects despite its spectacular failure so far to live up...

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DuPont To Exit Paints Business

24.07.2013 - DuPont plans to exit its once-lucrative paint pigments business to focus on a thriving agricultural unit better equipped to shield the biggest U.S. chemicals maker from market...

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Probe Indicates Biotech Wheat Was "Isolated Incident"

15.06.2013 - The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in...

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EU States Deadlocked on Genetically Modified Maize Approvals

10.06.2013 - European Union governments failed to agree on Monday whether to approve three genetically modified maize varieties for use in food and feed, the European Commission said. The...