Keyword: feedstock

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The link between carbohydrate crop and crude oil prices

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...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Bio-Production of Light Olefins

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...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

CO2 as New Carbon Source for Chemical Industry

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...

News

Cefic: Business Uncertainty to Affect Industry in 2012

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...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

VIP - Visions in Plastics 2011

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...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

White Biotechnology as an Innovation Platform for the Chemical Industry

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...

News

Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Cracks Slip First Time In A Week

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...

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Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Cracks Plunge to Near 2-Week Low

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...