• Chemical engineers boost petrochemical output from biomass by 40 percent

      01/01/1900
    Chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts
    Amherst, using a catalytic fast pyrolysis process that transforms
    renewable non-food biomass into petrochemicals, have developed a new
    catalyst that boosts the yield for five key “building blocks
    of the chemical industry” by 40 percent compared to previous methods.
    This sustainable production process, which holds the promise of being
    competitive and compatible with
    the current petroleum refinery infrastructure, has been tested and
    proven in a laboratory reactor, using wood as the feedstock, the research team says.  
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  • Global economy in 2011

      01/01/1900
    Flaws in China's growth model are becoming obvious. Falling property
    prices are starting a chain reaction that will have a negative effect on
    developers, investment, and government revenue.  
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  • Polymer Consumption in Turbulent 2011- the year of natural and economic disasters

      01/01/1900
    The year 2011 will be remembered as the year with the highest catastrophe-related economic losses in history. Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the world economy a whooping US$350 bln. Preliminary estimates peg total insured losses for the global insurance industry from disasters at US$108 bln in 2011.  
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  • Coping with Energy Shortages

      01/01/1900
    (VEN) - Tight cooperation among related departments, improvement of investment attraction efficiency and development of technological lines to enhance production efficiency and reduce energy consumption are methods to reduce the gap between energy demand and supply in 2012 and in 2011-2015 in general.  
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  • Asia-Pacific demand for HDPE to drive global market

      01/01/1900
    Today the developed economies of Europe and the USA have reached a standpoint on the polyethylene high density (HDPE) markets  
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