Chemical Industry Digest – August 2025 Issue

Publishers Page – Industry 4.0: Expect a Tsunami in the Hydrocarbon and Downstream Chemical Sectors – Vinoo Mathews Industry 4.0 is transforming hydrocarbon and downstream chemical sectors through AI, digital twins and IoT, enabling predictive...

Sinopec and Saudi Aramco Launch $10 Billion Petrochemical Venture in Fujian

Sinopec, Saudi Aramco, and Sinopec Fujian Refining and Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. inaugurated Fujian Sinopec Aramco Refining & Petrochemical Co. Ltd. on Sept. 7 Chinese state-owned energy giant China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) and Saudi...

French biochemist shares ‘easiest hack to reduce post meal glucose spike by up to 30%, produce more GLP-1’

French biochemist Jessie Inchauspé, popularly known as Glucose Goddess on Instagram and an NYT bestselling author, often shares her insights on the best way to avoid glucose spikes. In a post shared on August 31, she shared the easiest hack to...

Supreet Chemicals files ₹499-crore IPO papers with SEBI

Supreet Chemicals Limited, a leading specialty chemical intermediates manufacturer, has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO). The proposed...

Lawsuit about ‘forever chemicals’ delayed by Charleston federal judge 

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel has temporarily halted proceedings in a broad national pollution case following 37,446 new claims filed in a recent week by Americans who say they’ve been harmed by “forever chemicals.” The surge in claims is...

Nigeria News2 hours ago Dangote Bows To Pressure, Allow Workers Join NUPENG Dangote Group has reportedly accepted to allow workers of the its refinery and petrochemicals join the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). Sources...

Sources at the meeting told Vanguard that an MOU is currently being drafted to be signed by parties. According to the sources, parties are also looking at the possibility of a two week time frame for implementation of the MOU. Recall that the...

Tractor Mishap Spills Ag Chemicals into North Dakota River

The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality is advising the public to avoid a 2-mile stretch of the Cannonball River in Hettinger County after a chemical spill Wednesday (Sept. 3, 2025). The spill, which included 200 gallons of diluted...

Houston Superfund researchers get $15M boost to study chemicals' impact on children

DuPont secures 10-year US import ban on China's Dawnsens in Tyvek case

(Reuters) -DuPont said on Monday China's Dawnsens New-Materials will not sell or import products tied to the chemical company's Tyvek brand in the U.S. for 10 years, as part of a trade secrets dispute resolution. The International Trade Commission...

Banned chemicals?

Why do your customers keep asking you about Dechlorane Plus and UV-328? Well – they are being banned. Everywhere. Sort of. These chemicals are on the same ‘random walk’ to restriction that PFOA and related chemicals have been through over the last...

They Poisoned the World: The Toxic History of Forever Chemicals

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, investigative journalist Mariah Blake discusses her new book, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals. Blake investigates the decades-long corporate cover-up of...

Massive stocks of ICE chemicals seized across Sri Lanka

Posted by Editor on September 8, 2025 - 6:40 pm Massive quantities of chemicals suspected to be used in the production of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) have been seized in Middeniya, Kandana, and Tangalle following a series of police raids. A...

Kazmunaygas Reaches Out To Chinese Companies For Petrochemical Projects

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 8. The Chairman of the Board of KazMunayGas, Askhat Khassenov, invited Chinese companies to participate in new geological exploration and petrochemical projects in Kazakhstan during the 8th...

Plastics threaten fertility: Chemicals linked to reproductive risks

Some of the chemicals in plastics may negatively impact fertility, experts warn, while the jury is still out on microplastics. Phthalates, a group of chemicals used to soften and stabilise various plastics, are causing concern for their links to...

Commentary: The patrol that haunts me wasn’t in Baghdad; it was in Dupont Circle

I know the look of an armed patrol. I’ve seen it in Baghdad, in Syria — in streets where fear ruled and peace was fragile. I never expected to see that same look on the subway in our own capital. Traveling from my home in Northeast D.C. to Dupont...

India News | Indian Navy Deploys Choppers to Douse Fire at Petrochemical Complex in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 8 (ANI): The Indian Navy deployed firefighting units and a Seaking helicopter to assist in controlling a fire that broke out at East India Petroleum Chemicals (EIPL) in Visakhapatnam on Sunday....

We Can Remove Toxic Forever Chemicals From Drinking Water. Why Aren’t We?

A study from the US Geological Survey estimated that 45 percent of tap water in the US could contain at least one PFAS chemical.Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/ZUMA Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free...

British Museum buys pair of Gainsborough Dupont sketches from dealer Karen Taylor

Midwest cities will receive millions to clean up 'forever chemicals.' But some say it's not enough

The city of Eau Claire in western Wisconsin had to shut down nearly half of its wells in 2021 after finding “forever chemicals” in its water supply. The wells are close to the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, where fire fighting foams containing...

Chevron to go 'investment heavy' in South Korea

(Reuters) -Chevron (CVX) expects to go "investment heavy" in South Korea on refining and petrochemicals, an executive with the U.S. oil major said at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference on Monday. "So there'll be places like Korea where we go...