Source: China National Chemical News July 04, 2019 Recently, Evonik announced the successful expansion of its fumed silica plant in Antwerp, Belgium. By increasing production capacity, Evonik can better meet the high-end market demand for AEROSIL brand fumed silica. Evonik's investment in this expansion reached tens of millions of euros. Through expansion, Evonik's global silica series products have a total production capacity of approximately 1 million tons per year.　　Through joint production with a silane production plant, AEROSIL fumed silica and tire silane production raw materials are guaranteed. In addition, as with the hydrophilic silica market, the market demand for hydrophobically treated specialty silica continues to grow. In order to meet market demand, this expansion also upgraded the production line of the Antwerp plant, making it Evonik's second hydrophobic silica production base in Europe.　　Harald, Vice Chairman of Evonik Executive Board Read More

Article source: Trade Remedy Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce 2019-02-22 On February 15, 2019, the Peruvian National Competition and Intellectual Property Protection Bureau issued Resolution No. 012 of 2019, deciding to initiate an anti-dumping investigation on poplin fabrics originally from China. The product in question is a taffeta, white or dyed polyester-cotton fabric with a width of less than 1.8 meters and a unit weight of 90 grams/square meter to 200 grams/square meter. The tax numbers involved are: 5407.81.00.00, 5407.82.00.00, 5512.19.00.00, 5513.11.00.00, 5513.13.21.00.00, 5514.11.00.00 and 5514.21.00.00. The contact details of INDECOPI are as follows: Address: Calle De La Prosa No. 104, Read More

Source: China National Chemical News January 31, 2019 Sinochem New Network News Recently, Sino-Belgium Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and the US S Company signed a 300 million yuan supply agreement, the US S Company plans to share with China-Belgium Energy within 3 years Purchased 19 million 26650 lithium-ion batteries in batches, with a total purchase amount of about 300 million yuan.　　All the batteries in the order will be produced and provided by Dalian Zhongbi Power Battery Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhongbi Energy. The products will be used in the international energy storage market. Li Yunfei, CEO of Sino-Belgium Energy, said: \"The cooperation with S Corporation of the United States means that the international energy storage market recognizes Sino-Belgium Energy's lithium-ion battery products. Investment and production investment. The company plans to develop more high-performance products and high-quality customers in the international energy storage market this year.\"　　American S Company is located in California, USA Read More

Source: China National Chemical News January 31, 2019 Sinochem New Network News Recently, Beijing Gas Group and Rosneft signed a joint venture to build and operate a chain of gas stations in Russia at the first Sino-Russian Energy Business Forum Cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, Beijing Gas Group will hold a 45% stake. The two sides have built about 170 natural gas (CNG) refueling stations in Russia. The project will help China and Russia expand cooperation in the field of clean energy such as natural gas.　　Beijing Gas Group signed a cooperation agreement with Russian Petroleum subsidiary Shangqiaosk Oil and Gas Field Company in June 2017 to purchase 20% of its shares. As one of the shareholders, it directly participates in business management activities such as oil and gas exploration, transportation and sales. Read More

Source: China Chemical Industry News July 04, 2019 Over the next five years, global polyethylene (PE) production capacity is expected to increase substantially, from about 110 million tons per year in 2018 to 157 million tons per year in 2023. Under the leadership of Asia and North America, global polyethylene production capacity will increase by 43%.　　The company's report shows that in the next 5 years, there are about 159 factories planning and announcing the construction of PE devices, mainly in Asia and the Middle East. Asian PE capacity is expected to increase from 39.87 million tons/year in 2018 to 57.1 million tons/year in 2023, with an average annual growth rate of 7.2%. By 2023, China's production capacity in the region will increase by 7.56 million tons per year. GlobalData oil and gas analyst Dayanand Kharade said: \"In Asia, China's PE demand will continue to grow. To meet this demand, China will increase significantly Read More

Source: China National Chemical News January 31, 2019 Sinochem New Network News Recently, DuPont Water Treatment Solutions Business Unit won the mine water and coal chemical industry in Ningxia Shenhua Ningxia Coal Group Ningdong Mining Area with its industrial high-difficulty wastewater (near) zero discharge solution Wastewater treatment and utilization project, which is scheduled to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2019.　　 It is reported that through the current domestic investment of the highest investment, the largest scale, and the most complex process of mine water treatment zero discharge project, Ningdong Industrial Park wastewater discharge and solid waste problems will be completely resolved.　　According to the introduction, the Shenhuaning coal mine water and coal chemical wastewater treatment and utilization projects have adopted a full range of DuPont membrane products, including ultrafiltration membrane SFP-2880, reverse osmosis membrane, nanofiltration membrane and special ultra-high pressure reverse osmosis membrane XUS180808. The newly developed FILMTEC? Fu Neng? CR10 of DuPont Water Treatment Solutions Business Department Read More

Source: China Chemical Industry News July 04, 2019 Affected by the continuous production of new capacity in China, it is expected that the new supply in the Asian paraxylene (PX) market will increase significantly in the second half of this year. On the demand side, Sino-US trade frictions continue to be suppressed, and Asian PX prices will be under tremendous pressure.　　 China's PX production capacity is showing a blowout situation. Four of the five new PX projects planned for production in Asia this year are located in China. Hengli Petrochemical's 4.5 million ton/year large PX unit in Dalian has been put into operation on May 21; Sinopec's newly built 1 million ton/year PX unit in Hainan and Sinopec Hongrun's 800,000 ton/year PX unit are expected to be Put into production in the third quarter; Zhejiang Petrochemical's new 4 million ton/year PX plant in Zhoushan is scheduled to be put into production before the end of this year.　　Once these newly built units are successfully commercialized, China's dependence on PX imports will drop significantly. China's progress in 2018 Read More

Source: China National Chemical News January 31, 2019 　　 Xinhua News Agency According to market sources recently revealed that a series of maintenance plans at the beginning of 2019 will lead to a decline in US PVC exports in the coming months.　　 Formosa Plastics' point-of-care facility in Point Comfort, Texas, continued its overhaul work in January with an annual capacity of 1.4 million tons. According to another person familiar with the matter, the company's annual capacity of 753,000 tons of vinyl chloride units will be overhauled in February and March. During the maintenance of the vinyl chloride plant, the plant’s chlor-alkali output will be significantly reduced, and downstream PVC output is also expected to be affected. In addition, Formosa Plastics plans to overhaul the PVC plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in April.　　 Formosa Plastics is not the only company to overhaul the device. According to sources familiar with the operation of West Lake Chemical, the company’s facility in Geismar, Louisiana Read More

Information source: Food Partner Network Time: 2019-06-21 　On June 18, 2019, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), at the request of the European Commission, the European Animal Feed Additives and Products (FEEDAP) research team Copper chelates of lysine and glutamic are evaluated for their safety and effectiveness as all animal feed additives.　　 The FEEDAP team believes that for safety reasons, copper ions should not be used in drinking water. After evaluation, the FEEDAP team concluded that the additive is safe and effective as an additive to all animal feeds. Read More