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Waterborne polyurethane coatings are used in applications such as coatings, graphic arts, and adhesives.

• Waterborne
• Polyurethane

Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation inaugurated its new purpose built facility in Retford, England, further enhancing its polyurethane manufacturing capabilities.

• Trelleborg
• polyurethane
• UK

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced today its proposal to list spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) materials containing unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyanates (MDI)

• California
• polyurethane

Additives Market 2017 by Type, Application, End-Use Industry, and Region - Global Forecast to 2021 with Covestro, BASF, Dow Chemical & Huntsman International Dominating

• polyurethane

British Coatings Federation Offering New Range of Classroom-based Courses in Coatings Technology

• British
• coating

New TEGO Color Aid technology from Evonik expands the potential uses of pigment concentrates in paints and coatings based on alkyd resins.

• TEGO
• coating

Axalta Coating Systems has introduced a collection of colors for its Alesta® Super Durable powder coatings.

• coating
• ICONICA
• Milan

Two New DIC Corp. Resins Delivered by Sun Chemical Creates Premium Look for Auto Interior Plastics

• coating
• DIC

Vermont Natural Coatings, in partnership with Norton Abrasives, has launched Amber Sealer as the latest addition to its co-branded line of PolyWhey Professional Wood Floor products.

• coating
• Vermont

China will push its drive to cut overcapacity in bloated sectors, with targets to slash steel production capacity by around 50 million tonnes and coal by at least 150 million tonnes this year, according to a government work report ...

• Steel
• Coal

China seriously questions the anti-dumping survey methods and decision of the European Union (EU), which announced exorbitant tariffs on steel products from China, said a commerce official on Thursday.

• Steel
• EU
• China

China is aiming to produce 4.4 million mt recycled copper and and 9 million mt of recycled aluminum by 2020, in line with the central government's goal of using more recycled resources to be eco-friendly, the Henan Provincial ...

• Copper

European styrene's premium over its feedstock costs has declined 20% on the month for April, but the outright level remains at a high level, according to S&P Global Platts data Monday.

• April
• Styrene

European traders are keeping a close eye on the potential toluene arbitrage from Europe to the US in April, sources said Monday.

• Toluene

The specter of Chinese domestic iron ore output ramping up this year in response to higher prices, and subsequently putting downward pressure on seaborne prices, was a major talking point at Australia's flagship iron ore conference Wednesday.

• Iron
• Ore

China's coal-fired power generation as a percentage of the total energy mix is on the rise for the second year, despite the push towards renewable capacity additions in the country, Citi analysts said Friday.

• Coal
• Renewable

The cost of sending crude oil from West Africa to China on VLCCs has dropped to a six-month low due to weak export demand and a rising number of VLCC vessels, sources said.

• Oil

For the first time, researchers have measured a new class of fire retardants in Arctic Ocean sediments, far from the compounds’ intended end uses in couch cushions and television sets (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00755).

• Arctic
• Sediment