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Prnewswire | October 06, 2020

The U.S. oil, natural gas and chemicals (OG&C) industry slashed 107,000 jobs from March to August 2020, the fastest rate of layoffs in the industry's history. Heightening employment cyclicality and layoffs are challenging the industry's reputation as a reliable, long-term employer. The sensitivity of U.S. OG&C employment to oil prices is extremely high, with a dollar change in oil price potentially affecting 3,000 upstream and oilfield services jobs. In a business-as-usual scenar...

RNZ | February 05, 2020

The chemical manufacturing sector is under increasing pressure with environmental concerns expected to shape the future of the sector. An industry report by Westpac New Zealand says the industry was also challenged by labour and material shortages, as well as changing technologies, which it had been slow to adopt to. The report says digital technologies were being used to improve operations and supply chain management in overseas markets. "Slowness on the technology front reflects the fact ...

Phys.org | June 29, 2020

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have probed the chemical composition of a nearby metal-poor star-forming dwarf galaxy known as JKB 18. Results of the new observations indicate that the galaxy is chemically inhomogeneous. The study was published June 18 on the arXiv pre-print server. Studies of spatial distribution of metals in the gas throughout galaxies could be essential to improve our understanding of galaxy evolution in general. However, obtaining detai...

C&EN | March 17, 2020

As measures to contain the coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2—sweep across the US, the heads of privately owned chemical and instrument companies find themselves in uncharted territory trying to keep their companies going and their employees safe. C&EN reached out to CEOs of several such firms to learn what they are doing to keep business moving forward. We heard stories about setbacks, as expected supplies didn’t come through, but also small triumphs, as needed safety equipment was fi...