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Ex-factory prices of chemical raw materials and products in China fell 6.8% in the first nine months of the year.

• china chemical industry
• china chemical market

The 24th CHINA-PHARM & the 85th API was officially kicked off in Nanjing International Expo Center on October 14, 2020. Jointly held by Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions and China Center for Food and Drug International Exchange, the exhibition will continue

• 85th API China
• 24th China Pharm

According to industry insiders, based on PMI's leading indicators, as a series of stable foreign trade policies continue to take effect, coupled with the partial recovery of international market demand, manufacturing import and export data

• foreign trade growth
• Canton Fair
• policy support

After the National Day holiday, domestic corn starch prices not only did not weaken as expected, but continued to rise driven by downstream replenishment demand.

• corn starch
• price trend

MDI prices have risen sharply, on the one hand, driven by the demand side, on the other hand, the supply contraction caused by maintenance. Since May, overseas demand has driven the export of domestic refrigerators and freezers.

• MDI price trend

On the afternoon of the 13th, Li Hongzhong, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Liao Guoxun, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, and Yin Hejun, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee

• green energy
• new material industry

Shandong Kangqiao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (“Shandong Kangqiao”) has recently obtained the EU equivalent certification for pyraclostrobin, which indicates that Shandong Kangqiao’s pyraclostrobin technical product has opened the door to the EU market. Can b

• EU market pharmaceutical

Water-reducible paint refers to a paint prepared from a post-emulsified emulsion as a film-forming material. The solvent-based resin is dissolved in an organic solvent, and then with the help of an emulsifier

• waterborne coating data
• coating market analysis

According to reports, on October 12, the global DMC leader Shandong Shida Shenghua battery-grade DMC price increased again by 200 CNY/ton, quoting 17,000 CNY/ton, the highest point since 2012 (13,500 CNY/ton).

• Titanium dioxide price
• polyether
• DMC
• propylene oxide

With a significant drop in temperature in my country, domestic natural gas demand has gradually increased, so the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has also risen significantly.

• China LNG price

by 2024, the global annual ethylene production capacity will increase considerably. The annual ethylene production capacity may increase from 19154 million tons in 2019 to 28322 million tons in 2024, a total increase of 48%.

• ethylene capacity

Vaccines currently being developed for COVID-19 should not be affected by recent mutations in the virus, according to a new study involving a University of York virologist.

• Covid 19 vaccine
• covid 19 research

Recently, the ongoing Covid-19 vaccine study conducted by Johnson & Johnson has been suspended due to unexplained symptoms in participants.

• Covid 19 vaccine
• J&J vaccine

Scientists report on a biocide mechanism based on zinc oxide–reduced graphene oxide photocatalytic coatings.

• coating research
• photocatalytic coating

In a new study, a facile solution casting method for coating poly lactic acid (PLA) on Kraft paper was developed to impart hydrophobicity and to use sustainable materials in the development of coated abrasive products.

• coating research
• architectural coating

China Science News, October 12th, a research team led by Jennifer Doudna, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, used CRISPR gene editing technology to propose a new coronavirus that

• COVID-19 detect
• Nobel Prize

The development of the global epidemic has put greater pressure on the economy, and crude oil demand is expected to be weak. However, the medium- and long-term trend of oil price development towards the range of 50-60 US dollars will not change.

• major chemicals
• crude oil
• chemical market forcast

Gluten-free food is the best choice for patients with celiac disease (CD). Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease in which gluten protein triggers the activity of the immune system and destroys the lining of the small intestine.

• gluten-free food
• functional ingredients

Generally, the supply is expected to increase after the profit increases. The first consideration is the restart of the maintenance company, and the second is the increase in the enthusiasm of the newly put into production before the end of the year

• aniline market rose

In 2004, the US Department of Energy (DoE) research pointed out more than a dozen basic chemicals that may replace fossil fuels or petroleum-derived chemicals, including carboxylic acids, isoprene, ethanol, amino acids, vitamins

• European bio-based chemical
• Bioplastics
• PLA