The Column's Daily Update is published three (3) times per week.
Increased supply from China and high natural gas prices in Europe are causing plant closures, and the situation is no different for propylene oxide.
Helium comes from weird places and is used for weird things, but it's supply is being depleted, so on-purpose helium is on the rise.
Making PVDC more recyclable means longer lasting meat or less fines for brands in the EU, but either way it's a good thing.
Evonik and AGAE are replacing alkylphenol ethoxylates with rhamnolipids, but at two different scales and with two different speeds.
Making solvents in Texas that reduce the viscosity of photoresists so that Samsung can add extra thin layers to its fancy 5G chips.
LG Chem's bio-based acrylic acid, enzymatic esterification of fatty acids, and Angola's first urea plant.
