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KBR | October 14, 2021

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded a dual-pressure nitric acid technology contract by Hanwha Corp. for its new plant at Yeosu, South Korea. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide license, basic engineering design, and technical support to Hanwha for a 1,200 metric tons per day dual pressure nitric acid plant. Nitric acid is an intermediate chemical for the production of various products including fertilizers, plastics, and dyes. Read More

Yahoo Finance | March 12, 2020

German chemical industry association VCI on Thursday cut its production forecast for 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak and said it did not expect the situation to improve in the first half of the year. Production in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, which are important contributors to Germany's gross domestic product, is expected to shrink by 1.5% in 2020, VCI said. It sees revenue at last year's level of 196 billion euros and unchanged producer prices. "Weak demand ...

Chemical Watch | January 30, 2020

The OECD is in the early stages of compiling a list of best practices when assessing the economic costs and benefits of chemicals management systems. It will draft studies this year to assess the willingness of the public to pay to avoid certain adverse health effects that can result from chemical exposure. Next year, it plans to carry out these surveys for five endpoints, each from five different countries. The work is being carried out by the OECD’s working party on integrating economic ...

Sinopec | November 06, 2020

Epec.com, a professional SC2B e-commerce platform for industrial products launched by China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") in 2017, has listed a total of 1,565 online vendors and more than 14,000 product items since it went online three years ago, achieving an accumulated transaction volume of over USD 39 billion. Epec.com is an e-commerce platform facilitating SC2B (supply chain to businesses) transactions of industrial products, serving Sinopec as well as...