🏭 Lots of pulping to do
Adani insists on coal-to-PVC, Nouryon is making chlorine dioxide, and ethylene oxide.
🏭 It's a mini IPO
Indorama might go partly public, Exxon's big refinery expansion, pool chlorine.
🏭 Sprayable and sustainable
Aramco and Linde want to crack ammonia, Evonik has new sprayable foams, phosgene.
🏭 The EO days are over
LyondellBasell might exit EO, Univar was acquired for $8.1bn, shatterproof glass.
🏭 Electrofuels are just fuels
HIF Global and DAC-based electrofuels, crude to chemicals in South Korea, and acetone.
🏭 Fresh toothpaste chemicals
Calpine's CO2 capture plans, BASF's aroma ingredients, and erasers.
🏭 How bio are we talking
Viridus' bio-based ethyl acetate, Solvay's Rusvinyl exit, and phenol.
🏭 February 2023: Round-Up
Everything that happened in February 2023, plus some discussion.
🏭 Bendy cable rubber only
Silicone coatings for EV wires, Dow's SMR update, and stretchy clothes.
🏭 Combusting aluminium
Evonik's fumed alumina for batteries, bio-based methanol for boats, and formaldehyde.