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Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 2:20pm
Bio-Plastics Come To Brazil
A new partnership could help to bring bio-plastics to medicine cabinet near you. Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) and Japan's Mitsui have formed a new Brazilian joint venture in order to turn sugar cane into ethanol and plastic. The pair plan on creating the world's largest integrated facility for...
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Monday, June 20, 2011 - 3:07pm
Natural Gas Glut Fuels A Chemical Boom
Odds are, you've never heard of ethylene. However, the basic commodity chemical is the foundation to many more complex products such as paint, plastics and glue. What's more exciting, is the price for this basic chemical has skyrocketed about 70% over the last eight months. Overall increasing...
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