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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...

Chemical Technology

Umicore | November 24, 2022

Umicore has successfully completed the issue of a fixed-rate, sustainability linked US Private Placement Notes for a total principal amount of € 591 million equivalent1. The Notes, which were placed with more than 15 institutional investors, attracted interest both from investors who participated in Umicore’s 2017 and 2019 placements as well as new investors. The transaction, of which the funds will be drawn upon in January 2023, is composed of several tranches with mat...

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Airgas | July 31, 2020

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued two significant reports in late July. One praises voluntary actions of Airgas after a deadly incident at a nitrous oxide facility. The second is a factual update to the ongoing investigation of an incident at an Aghorn Operating facility in Texas in which a worker and his wife died from exposure to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas. The CSB is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency that investigates chemical accidents. In...

Products and Technologies, Market Outlook

TotalEnergies | December 06, 2022

TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the delivery of more than one million cubic metres/800,000 tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel by TotalEnergies to Air France-KLM Group airlines over the 10-year period from 2023. This sustainable aviation fuel will be produced by TotalEnergies at its biorefineries. It will be made available to Air France-KLM Group’s airlines, mainly for flights departing from France and the Netherlands. Read More