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Chemical Management

Association of Plastic Recyclers | August 12, 2022

The Association of Plastic Recyclers The Voice of Plastic Recycling®, issued a report that provides a data-driven update on the progress of plastic recycling in the United States showing that it is a viable, accessible and scalable solution for reducing plastic waste. The report compiles research and analysis from across the $236 billion recycling industry which includes over 9,000 community recycling programs across the country and more than 100 post-consumer recyclers. The r...

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Richman Chemica, The Coretec Group | November 17, 2021

The Coretec Group, Inc., developers of engineered silicon and 3D volumetric displays, has entered into an agreement with Richman Chemical Inc. (RCI) to supply The Coretec Group’s Cyclohexasilane (CHS) to North American customers. Due to increasing supply chain difficulties and overseas shipping delays due to the COVID19 pandemic, it was important that The Coretec Group work with a US company to supply our North American partners with CHS. On November 15th, The Coretec Group ...

NGI | January 17, 2020

Expansions of oil and gas activity and infrastructure in the Gulf Coast and Southwest regions of the United States could contribute annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 541 million tons (mmt) of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) by 2030, according to a new study published by the University of Texas at Austin (UT). This amount is equal to more than 8% of total U.S. GHG emissions in 2017 and roughly equivalent to the emissions of 131 coal-fired power plants, according to the analysis, which was fun...

Braskem | August 18, 2020

Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (Nexi) has backed the build of a new polypropylene plant in Texas, after agreeing to provide insurance for a loan to Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem. As part of the agreement, which comes with a tenor of 10.5 years, the Japanese credit insurance agency is insuring a US$225mn loan facility from ING Bank and BNP Paribas to Braskem. Nexi will cover 100% of political risks and 90% of commercial risks. The largest petrochemical firm in the Americas will use...