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ResourceWise: May 9, 2024 3:32:06 PM
The last time our team convened with chemicals industry experts and market participants at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference was 2019. This...
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Hira Saeed: May 1, 2024 7:04:33 AM
Historically, the chlor-alkali process is one with numerous environmental and health concerns since the diaphragm cell process and mercury cell...
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Jane Denny: Apr 23, 2024 7:12:18 AM
The benefits that automated process and artificial intelligence (AI) bring to chemistry laboratories and chemical engineering development are...
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Jane Denny: Apr 4, 2024 5:19:05 AM
Planning and preparation for the 27th World Chlor-Alkali Conference is in hand. ResourceWise (formerly Tecnon OrbiChem) and partner I•C•I•S, who...
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Suz-Anne Kinney: Apr 1, 2024 4:14:49 PM
The methanol market has been evolving at an unprecedented pace, with stakeholders encountering various opportunities and challenges from regulatory,...
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Jane Denny: Mar 22, 2024 1:21:43 PM
Global trade and markets for methanol, glycols, and solvents became more visible and transparent. With the launch of its second chemicals pricing,...
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Jane Denny: Mar 4, 2024 1:11:30 PM
The global chlor-alkali industry is locked in turbulent times. As efforts by producers to mitigate the sector’s long-term availability issues...
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Jane Denny: Feb 27, 2024 4:06:03 PM
Maleic anhydride is an important intermediate chemical. Currently, capacity to produce is in excess of 5000 ktpa globally. Over two-thirds of the...
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Jane Denny: Feb 19, 2024 10:05:41 AM
Phthalic anhydride is used to produce phthalate-based PVC plasticizers, resins and coatings. Orthoxylene is the key feedstock for manufacturing...
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Jane Denny: Feb 12, 2024 6:59:00 PM
A flurry of chemical deals were signed and sealed at the start of the new year. In part, activity was triggered by fear that the US Gulf Coast chill...
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Jane Denny: Jan 29, 2024 3:09:01 PM
Not enough years have passed for the Texas Big Freeze shockwaves to have fully exited the chemicals sector consciousness just yet. So severe was its...
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Jane Denny: Jan 18, 2024 1:00:28 PM
ResourceWise (formerly Tecnon OrbiChem) has attended the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers’ springtime event—the International...
