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Jul 13, 2022

🏭 New magnesium source

Magnesium from nickel waste and Celanese's acquisition financing

Darius Mortazavi

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Jun 10, 2022

🏭 Bright clothes only

Perstorp's sustainable polyols and BASF's clothing brightener

Darius Mortazavi

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Jun 08, 2022

🏭 Motor Oil 2.0

CP Chem's LAO plans and Repsol's new UHMW-PE plans

Darius Mortazavi

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Jun 06, 2022

🏭 More vaccines = more lipids

Evonik's lipid expansion and DuPont's bio-based diol divestment

Darius Mortazavi

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Jun 01, 2022

🏭 Dutch State Mines

Royal DSM's $4B divestment and BASF's water-blown polyurethanes

Darius Mortazavi

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May 27, 2022

🏭 Fat BHETs

Wacker's silicone rubber expansions and depolymerizing PET to BHET

Darius Mortazavi

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May 25, 2022

🏭 It's basically battery glue

Solvay's PVDF expansion progress and the US DOE and DAC

Darius Mortazavi

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May 09, 2022

🏭 Electric acetylene

Danimer's degradable polymer coating and Orion's conductive materials

Darius Mortazavi

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Apr 29, 2022

🏭 Teslas Still Need Tires

PVDC + PET recycling progress and Origin's carbon black deal

Darius Mortazavi