Total has inaugurated the new units at its Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform, which have progressively started up in the last few months. This event marks the completion of the upgrade program launched in 2013 of one of the largest and most efficient integrated refining & petrochemicals platforms in Europe.

In 2010 the annual emission of mercury into the atmosphere amounted to around 1,960 t, with the sources being mainly anthropogenic in origin. Despite efforts to reduce the emissions further large quantities of mercury have found their way into the food chain. The analytical investigation of the heavy metal with a robust digestion has thus gained increased importance.

Wacker Chemie will expand its production capacities for silicone and polymer products in China and continue to reinforce its research and development capability in order to further strengthen its market position in the region, the Munich-based chemical company announced.

Water re-circulation and re-use are two crucial aspects of ‘smart water’ – How well does the industry manage water resources? The general tendency today is to take a holistic systems approach. More process water is being re-circulated and industrial producers are recovering reusable substances and water treatment chemicals. Companies are also taking a new approach to effluent management.

Chinese petrochemical giant Sinopec starts up its 800,000 tons/year ethylene production at Wuhan, PR China. The facility is the core asset of a new petrochemical complex at Wuhan...

Instant food and flavour stimulants are barely conceivable without the use of aromas. For the composition of food and flavourings, the mixing process is quality determining. When it comes to characteristics like homogeneity, flowability and dissolving behaviour of food, the most important challenge for a manufacturer of mixers is to meet the customer´s core requirements.

Hanwha Total Petrochemical, a 50/50 joint venture between Hanwha and Total, will invest more than $ 300 million to expand its integrated refining & petrochemicals platform located in Daesan, South Korea.

BASF has inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. The complex has a capacity of 160,000 tons of acrylic acid per year. The investment of more than € 500 million is the largest in BASF’s more than century-long history in South America.

A new material changes its conductivity depending on the concentration of CO2 in the environment. The researchers who developed it have utilized the material to produce a miniature, simply constructed sensor.

Anellotech announced the completion of the commissioning of its T-Cat-8 pilot plant, and the commencement of the critical development and testing program. The unit is designed to demonstrate the Bio-T-Cat (thermal catalytic biomass conversion) process in a fluid bed reactor with internal process recycle streams and continuous catalyst regeneration.