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Technology networks | May 26, 2020

Before water produced during hydraulic fracturing is disposed of in waterways or reused in agriculture and other industries, chemists at The University of Toledo are zeroing in on water quality and environmental concerns of fracking wastewater to determine if it is safe for reuse. The research scientists of the new Dr. Nina McClelland Laboratory for Water Chemistry and Environmental Analysis at UToledo created a new method that simultaneously identified 201 chemical compounds in fracking wastewa...

Yahoo Finance | April 01, 2020

Chemical companies across the globe have ramped up efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic that continues to spread with no signs of abating. The global chemical industry is scaling up the supply of essential products – from raw materials for hand sanitizers to personal protective equipment (PPE) materials – in response to this health predicament. With the number of coronavirus cases around the world continuing to climb, demand for preventive products has skyrocketed. Critical ite...

Novinite | January 23, 2020

Production of industrial chemicals in the European Union (EU) increased in 2018 compared with the previous 3 years, but it is still at lower levels than in 2004, Eurostat data showed. The total production of industrial chemicals peaked at 330 million tonnes in 2007 (a 6.1 % increase since 2004), prior to the financial and economic crisis. Production then fell sharply between 2007 and 2009, reaching a low of 270 million tonnes (a total decline of about 18 %), before rebounding to 300 million tonn...

A&R Logistics | February 11, 2020

The dry bulk specialist recently acquired First Choice Logistics, a provider of bulk liquid transportation and logistics services to the chemical industry, marking its entry into liquid chemical supply chain services. With a network of strategically located terminals, including principal locations in Chicago and Houston, First Choice provides over-the-road bulk transportation, ISO intermodal services and a full suite of logistics solutions to some of North America’s largest producers and c...