During the recycling process, the components of existing lithium-ion batteries are mixed into a black substance. Although it contains a rich amount of materials required for the battery, it is difficult to separate them

Cabot Corporation would begin to consider increasing prices of carbon black products sold by its Specialty Carbons business, worldwide, on or after December 1, 2024, or as contractually permitted

BASF recently announced plans to expand its downstream styrene industry chain at the Ludwigshafen production base in Germany, targeting a 50,000-ton increase in the annual capacity of Neopor polystyrene products

PAX Services Group, Inc., which provides roofing and exterior services, announced the acquisition of Consolidated Coatings, Inc., based in Baltimore. Same as before, Consolidated Coatings will be operating under the umbrella of PAX

Allnex announced a strategic investment in its East St. Louis operations to develop the site as the primary U.S. location for solvent borne resin production, ensuring the company’s ability to support local and regional customers effectively.

Birla Carbon, a manufacturer and supplier of carbon-based solutions, has announced the inauguration of its first Asia Post Treatment (APT) Plant in India

OCSiAl opened its first European production facility in Serbia. The new facility is dedicated to producing TUBALL™ nanotubes and nanotube-based products

On November 11, Dawn Holdings released its asset restructuring plan for acquiring Dawn Titanium. Dawn Holdings will acquire 100% of Dawn Titanium's shares and raise matching funds by issuing shares and paying cash. Dawn Holdings' announcement shows that the price of shares issued in this transaction is 8.37 yuan per share

Sumitomo Chemical published an announcement on their plan to cut down production capacity on general-purpose resins, applied mainly to food packaging films and other products such as films for food packaging, because of the decline in domestic sales

The Spanish Federation of Chemical Companies (Feique) put out these statistics: In 2024, chemical sales in Spain are expected to rise 4.8% over 2023, amounting to 86.5 billion euros, whereas production is expected to rise 7.1% over 2023

On November 8, 2024, the Pengjiang Branch of Jiangmen Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau released the pre-approval announcement of the environmental impact assessment document of Jiangmen Asus Technology Co., Ltd.

"Top Cerarelease IG-1" developed by Japan's Okuno Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive non-pollution barrier coating that does not contain Class 2 chemical/polymerized smoke-based substances (PFAS) positive list system for food utensil coatings` `Top Cerarelease FG -1"

Dainippon Printing Co., Ltd. has developed "DNP transparent vapor deposition film IB-FILM" using recycled and chemically recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as raw material, which has the ability to block the passage of gases such as water vapor and oxygen.

Recently, copper prices have shown a fluctuating and weak trend in the market outside China. In the early trading on Monday, the main 2412 contract of Shanghai copper futures fluctuated, and the decline in the market gradually narrowed, and then rebounded slightly

Ecolectro announced the completion of a Series A round of $10.5 million, led by Toyota Ventures with the participation of Starshot Capital, DNX Ventures, Energy Revolution Ventures, New Climate Ventures, Banco Popular Impact Fund, and Techstars