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Power outage hits Al-Jubail plants (Asian Chemical Connections)
www.icis.com | Jan 30, 2012
By Malini Hariharan A power outage at Al-Jubail has forced crackers and downstream plants at Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, to shut down. ICIS news reports that all polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plants at the site were shut yesterday. It is...

BIOconversion Blog: BlueFire Ethanol to build in California
bioconversion.blogspot.com | Nov 24, 2011
BIOconversion Blog The 2nd of 4 interlinked BIOenergy Blogs, this one covers international issues, process R&D, facility deployments, and new developments. The other three related blogs are the BIOstock Blog, BIOoutput Blog, and the BIOwaste Blog. Related #bioconv tweets @BIOblogger. July 24, 2008

Massive bromine spill at Chelyabinsk train station. | Chemical Video Blog
videoblog.chemicalblogs.com | Nov 15, 2011
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Joe's Blog
joesblog.socma.org | Jul 27, 2009
ChemStewards Education Energy Environment Events Manufacturing Nanotechnology News Pharmaceuticals Policy Issues Safety and Security SOCMA Sustainability Trade 2009 Performance Improvement Awards SOCMA STEPS UP ADVOCACY ON

Chemistry World blog » The Commercial Chemist
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Chemistry World gets down to business with our weekly round-up of money and molecules

DSM partners with POET on ethanol
www.icis.com | Jan 25, 2012
Is it just the blog's imagination or are there seem to be more and more chemical companies venturing into advanced ethanol production, the recent one being DSM? Let's see our list here: DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol - No need to introduce...

Genomatica, Novamont 1st BDO plant
www.icis.com | Jan 20, 2012
The JV will convert the amino acid plant to bio-BDO production So many news coming out today! We'll start with this plant announcement from US bio-butanediol (BDO) developer Genomatica and Italian bioplastic company Novamont (although this news has already...

Divine intervention needed (India Chemicals Blog)
www.icis.com | Dec 3, 2011
A reader of this blog has alerted me about serious problems at Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL). An electrical short circuit has forced the company to stop operations at one crude distillation unit, two hydrocracker units, two visbreaker units,...

PHOTOS: More chemical plants
www.icis.com | Nov 5, 2011
A picture is worth a hundred words and it is good to enliven PowerPoint presentations with photos of chemical plants we have visited. This week two of the Blog's colleagues have been on an editorial visit to the chemical heartland...

BASF, Purac to form bio-succinic JV
www.icis.com | Aug 1, 2011
German chemical company BASF and Dutch starch derivatives manufacturer Purac (a subsidiary of CSM) finally laid out their business plans for their bio-succinic acid collaboration and announced today that they are aiming to be the first commercial bio-succinic acid producer...