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Chemicals producer, Climax Molybdenum, has asked Echa's Board of Appeal (BoA) to annul an agency ruling that requested further data on the substance disodium molybdate under a REACH compliance check.

• Disodium
• Molybdate

The average MDI market price was RMB 24,832/mt in July 2017, which was up 11.5% M-O-M or 108.42% Y-O-Y. The TDI market continued increasing greatly in July.

• TDI
• MDI
• Polyurethane

In July 2017, the Chinese cyclohexanone market jumped. The international benzene market hovered at low levels.

The Senate minority leader also took on meat allergy-causing ticks and cramped airline seats, too.

• Sen.
• Schumer
• FDA
• Packaging

Scientists at the Berkeley Lab and NTU in Singapore have developed a light-activated material that can chemically convert CO2 into carbon monoxide without generating unwanted byproducts.

• Light-Activated
• CO2

The cheese powers in ten varieties of macaroni and cheese products tested all contain toxic industrial chemicals (known as phthalates), according to the Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, a national alliance...

• Food Additives
• Cheese

In Jan-Jun, 2017, textiles production grew stably in Xinjiang according to related report. Yarn output increased by 46.6% on the year to 657.6kt, and fabric production rose by 43.2% y-o-y

• Textile
• Production

Nebraska researcher Yiqi Yang is using the by-products of sorghum as a colorant for textiles. The Charles Bessey Professor of biological systems engineering and of texiles

Nebraska researcher Yiqi Yang is using the by-products of sorghum as a colorant for textiles. The Charles Bessey Professor of biological systems engineering and of texiles

• Sorghum
• Textile
• Dye

Europe's smaller oil producers are more optimistic about the market than they have been for the past couple of years as a significant reduction in hedging shows they are betting on higher prices.

• European
• Oil

Michigan State University scientists have received a $2.3 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant to help uncover why an omega-3 fatty acid, known as DHA, is so effective in stopping a known trigger of lupus.

• Omega-3
• Fatty

Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen to produce clean energy can be simplified with a single catalyst developed by scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston.

• Split Water

Scientists at the University of Alberta and McGill University have discovered a direct link between calcium and cholesterol, a discovery that could pave the way for new ways of treating high blood cholesterol.

• Calcium–Cholesterol

The Lubrizol Corporation's engineered polymers business has launched a new Pearlbond thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) grade for adhesive powders, webs and films: Pearlbond 1160L.

• Lubrizol
• Polyurethane

Orion Engineered Carbons SA (OEC) said that it is increasing prices for all rubber carbon blacks sold in US, by five cents (5¢) per pound, effective 1 September.

• Orion

IOC of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a new type of cathode that could make the mass production of sodium batteries more feasible.

• Sodium-Based

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading global supplier to the biopharmaceutical industry, announced the launch of Active Dashboard 2, an advanced software solution.

• Sartorius

SGCCI president P M Shah stated the government of China provides heavy subsidy to its textiles industry. This has reduced the production cost per unit in China making difficult for the powerloom weavers to survive here.

• Textile
• Fabrics

ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers comprising or more than 300 manufacturers, according to data compiled, has announced that, the order index for textile machinery

• Textile

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) hosted the Taiwan new Products Launch at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City. New products launched included cutting-edge fabric printing technology, smart textiles measuring heart...

• Textile
• Taiwan