14.06.2012
- Diversifying Feedstocks - In recent years, there has been a growing interest in manufacturing bio-based chemicals from the major carbohydrate crops via fermentation technologies as...
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
- Hidden Value - If one thinks about coal-fired power plants, what is it that comes first into one's mind? The picture of high-value starting materials or rather the picture of low...
17.01.2012
- Chemicals in 2012 - Growth in European chemicals output will be weaker than expected on 2012 because of heightened business uncertainty and inventory trimming, industry group Cefic...
18.10.2011
- The latest edition of the CHEManager Europe's special supplement VIP - Visions in Plastics has been published October 2011. It proves with the help of numerous examples that...
07.09.2011
- Key Platform - White biotechnology is establishing itself as a key technology platform for innovative and sustainable processes and products in the chemical industry. In cases...
11.07.2011
- Asia's naphtha price was at a five-week high on Friday while cracks slipped to end the week at a two-session low, snapping gains that lasted for five straight sessions. Bears said...
28.06.2011
- Asia's naphtha price fell to its lowest in five months on Monday, while cracks hit a near two-week low as ample supplies remained an issue for sellers. The weak fundamentals were...