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🏭 Electrofuels are just fuels

Mar 13, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 Electrofuels are just fuels

HIF Global and DAC-based electrofuels, crude to chemicals in South Korea, and acetone.

🏭 Fresh toothpaste chemicals
LockSimple

Mar 10, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Fresh toothpaste chemicals

Calpine's CO2 capture plans, BASF's aroma ingredients, and erasers.

🏭 How bio are we talking
LockSimple

Mar 8, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 How bio are we talking

Viridus' bio-based ethyl acetate, Solvay's Rusvinyl exit, and phenol.

🏭 February 2023: Round-Up

Mar 6, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 February 2023: Round-Up

Everything that happened in February 2023, plus some discussion.

🏭 Bendy cable rubber only
LockSimple

Mar 3, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Bendy cable rubber only

Silicone coatings for EV wires, Dow's SMR update, and stretchy clothes.

🏭 Combusting aluminium
LockSimple

Mar 1, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 Combusting aluminium

Evonik's fumed alumina for batteries, bio-based methanol for boats, and formaldehyde.

🏭 All kinds of furfurals

Feb 27, 2023

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7 min read

🏭 All kinds of furfurals

Origin Materials and Avantium team up, Celanese and a couple of JVs, and rubbing alcohol.

🏭 Ineos drills in the US
LockSimple

Feb 24, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Ineos drills in the US

Ineos' oil and gas investment, BASF's battery recycling partnership, lithium hydroxide.

🏭 DME is kinda like LPG

Feb 22, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 DME is kinda like LPG

Blending waste-based DME into LPG, Alterra's pyrolysis tech deal, and golf balls.

🏭 The less fun kind of PBR
LockSimple

Feb 17, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 The less fun kind of PBR

Arlanxeo's new PBR plant, Evonik's spider silk agreement, and cumene.

🏭 Railcar crashes are bad
LockSimple

Feb 15, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 Railcar crashes are bad

The chemical release in Ohio, Toyo Ink's nanotubes for batteries, and sunscreen.

🏭 Electric and sugar crackers

Feb 13, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 Electric and sugar crackers

Braskem and Coolbrook's electric cracker, UPM's bio-based MEG for coolants, and isopropyl alcohol.

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