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BUSINESS Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2017, 95 (49), p 15December 18, 2017Cite this:C&EN 95, 49, 15AbstractHanwha Total Petrochemical will spend $300 million to expand polyethylene capacity in Daesan, South Korea, by 50% to 1.1 million metric tons per year. Set to be completed in 2019, the expansion will complement an ongoing project at the site to start using propane feedstock. Cornerstone Chemical is licensing hydrogen cyanide technology from Chemours. Cornerstone will decide next year whether to use the technology to build another hydrogen cyanide plant in Waggaman, La. Lubrizol and the University of Pittsburgh’s department of chemical and petroleum engineering have received a U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop energy efficiency and productivity improvement methods. The $7.5 million project includes financial contributions from Lubrizol and the school. Mitsui Chemicals and BASF will commercialize broflanilide, a broad-useinsecticide with a new mode of action. The chemical, discovered and developed by the two firms, interrupts a GABA-gated chloride channel in the motor neurons of insects. Asilomar Bio,View: PDF | Full Text HTML
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