ICIS Blogs : glycerine

Green news from Cargill

Green Chemicals — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:49:02 GMT

Natural-based glycerine production and reducing greenhouse gas emissions are Cargill's recent top green news. Cargill said today that it has successfully registered and sold over 400,000 tonnes of Verified Emission Offsets through the Canadian Standards...(read more)

Linde develops hydrogen from glycerine

Green Chemicals — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:51:31 GMT

Glycerine [or glycerin] is actually the first topic that I covered when I started working for the chemical publishing industry so this subject is somewhat near and dear to my heart. A lot changed in this industry since September 2000 and one of them is...(read more)

Huntsman on a green hunt

Green Chemicals — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:09:17 GMT

Huntsman is busy churning out eco-friendly chemicals... maybe to make the company more attractive to other "potential" buyers after being dumped by Hexion? (Ok I admit I've been busy watching reruns of the recent "The Bachelor"...(read more)

ADM still investing in biobased projects

Green Chemicals — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:10:42 GMT

A report from the Decatur, Illinois newspaper Herald & Review said that Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) will delay some of the completion dates for their biobased industrial projects but will still invest $2.6bn in seven major capital projects. ADM is...(read more)

What's up with glycerine?

Green Chemicals — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:08:30 GMT

My article on oils and fats-based chemicals (also called oleochemicals) is now out on ICIS Chemical Business (ICB). According to consultants and industry players, the global oleochemicals market has been very turbulent in 2008 as the first half of the...(read more)

Glycerine to methanol

Green Chemicals — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:44:48 GMT

Glycerine, a byproduct of biodiesel production, is proving to be a really versatile chemical with this new breakthrough from Oxford University in the UK. Oxford researchers said they were able to produce methanol directly by catalytic hydrogenolysis of...(read more)

New green chems in July

Green Chemicals — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:00:04 GMT

I thought July would be a lull time for companies to launch new green chemicals but I seem to have my own record-breaking number of products this month. Either that or I'm just lazier the previous months in scanning new product news. Congratulations...(read more)

Chemicals from glycerine

Green Chemicals — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:14:59 GMT

It's been a while since I visited the glycerine industry but it seems that research for new applications for the product is ongoing despite the market's pricing (and supply) volatility. Chemical engineers at Rice University have developed a fermentation...(read more)

Clean and green...and deadly?

Green Chemicals — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:50:15 GMT

This recent news from the New York Times proves that all chemicals, whether they're renewable-based, petroleum-based or in between, can be toxic if not handled properly. The US biodiesel industry, still at its toddler stage, is finding a few of its...(read more)