Recently added articles from China Chemical Reporter:
China reforms regulation on fertilizer trade.(Policy, Economy & Finance)
Oct 06, 2009; ... Recently the State Council of China promulgated a notice to reform the existed regulation on chemical fertilizer trade and open up the trade to private firms, aimed to improve the service level for farmers and meet the needs of agriculture. The most important change is that the ...
Holiday notice.(Policy, Economy & Finance)
Oct 06, 2009; ... CCR editorial team will have a holiday during ...
China allows pharmaceutical technologies to be sold freely.(Policy, Economy & Finance)
Oct 06, 2009; ... China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) recently promulgated the "Administrative Regulation for the Registration of Drag Technology License". Drug technologies will be allowed to be licensed and transferred freely within the domestic pharmaceutical industry. The ...
MOH issues management practice of national essential drugs category.(Policy, Economy & Finance)
Oct 06, 2009; ... In order to implement the medical and health system reformation and establish the management mechanism for the selection and adjustment of the national essential drugs category, the Chinese Ministry of Health (MOH) makes up the "Management Practice of the National Essential Drugs Category" ...
China will release a new version of GMP.(Policy, Economy & Finance)
Oct 06, 2009; ... On August 27th, 2009 Mr. Mao Zhenbin, an officer of the Drug Safety Supervision Department of China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), said at a press conference that China will soon enact a new version of "Good Manufacturing Practice" (GMP) to ensure the quality safety of the ...
Petrochemical industry recovers well in August.(Policy, Economy & Finance)
Oct 06, 2009; ... According to the latest report of CPCIA, driven by the improved macro economy, China's petroleum and chemical industry accelerated its recovery steps in August, featured with increased output, narrowed fall of production value, recovered demand for major bulk chemicals, steady prices and ...
Chlor-alkali makers wait for help.(M & A, Business & Trade)
Oct 06, 2009; Weike, Zhong ... China's chlor-alkali makers are facing a stem situation, commented by Li Jun, president of Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co., Ltd. (SH: 600618) at a conference held in Beijing September 4th. Amid the global economic crisis, the output of both polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and ...
DuPont: key emerging markets recovering faster than developed economies.(M & A, Business & Trade)
Oct 06, 2009; ... DuPont sales in emerging markets grew by 80% in the past five years at a compounded annual growth rate of 16%, and accounted for nearly one-third of the company's US$30.5 billion sales in 2008. While 2009 emerging market sales estimates are expected to be down about 10% from US$9 billion ...
Shanghai rolls out strategic plan for biomedical industry.(New Setup, Agreement & Plan)
Oct 06, 2009; ... The Shanghai government has announced its development strategy for the biochemical industry for 2009-2012. By the end of 2012, the economic aggregate of the city's biomedical industry is set to increase to RMB200 billion, a jump of 98% from 2008. Among them, the gross production ...
Ecolab announces US$30 MLN investment in China.(New Setup, Agreement & Plan)
Oct 06, 2009; ... On September 8th, Ecolab Inc. announced that it will establish a China Holding Company / Regional Headquarters in Shanghai, eastern China. Ecolab committed to making incremental investments of US$30 million in China, with additional investment to follow as the business expands. ...
400 000 T/A coal-based dimethyl ether project came on stream in Inner Mongolia.(Energy Chemical)
Oct 06, 2009; ... ENN Group has put its 400 000 t/a coal-based dimethyl ether project into operation. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) released in a statement on September 21st, 2009. The new coal-based dimethyl ether plant is located in Erdos, Inner Mongolia. Also the ...
Dushanzi refining and ethylene complex came on stream.(Energy Chemical)
Oct 06, 2009; ... PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company Ltd. put its integrated 10 million t/a refining and 1 million t/a ethylene complex into operation on September 21st. As a major part of Sino-Kazakhstan energy cooperation strategy, the Dushanzi complex, which mainly processes high sulfur ...
Demand growth in China's jet fuel market.(Energy Chemical)
Oct 06, 2009; ... China's aviation kerosene production has been rising steadily over recent years. Industry experts estimate that output of aviation kerosene rose to 11.03 million tons in 2008 from 6.3 million tons in 2000, representing an annual growth of 7.2%. That accounted for 95.2% of all China's ...
CBM based DME Plant kicked off.(Energy Chemical)
Oct 06, 2009; ... Shanxi Huayuan Company Ltd. started construction of a coal-bed methane (CBM) based dimethyl ether (DME) plant on September 13th. The plant, located in Shouyang county of Shanxi ...
Qinshui CBM pipeline in Shanxi operates.(Energy Chemical)
Oct 06, 2009; ... Qinshui coal-bed methane (CBM) pipeline in Shanxi province started operation on September 15th. PetroChina says it is China's first large diameter and high pressure CBM pipeline, with a designed gas deliverability of 3 billion cubic meters ...
CNOOC Ltd start-up Ledong gas field.(Energy Chemical)
Oct 06, 2009; ... CNOOC Limited (NYSE: CEO, HK: 0883) announced on September 7th that Ledong (LD) 22-1, has successfully commenced production. The gas field currently produces approximately 30 thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day via 5 wells. LD 22-1 gas field is located in the Yinggehai ...
China's petrochemical giants focus on reducing pollution.(Health, Safety & Environment)
Oct 06, 2009; ... ChemChina Aiming to be a zero emission enterprise, China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) has changed its industrial layout, adjusted its product portfolio and optimized its production processes. Compared to 2007, in 2008 ChemChina's comprehensive energy consumption and ...
Problems faced by China's boron industry.(Inorganics)
Oct 06, 2009; ... Comparing with other countries' boron industries, China's boron industry faces the following major problems. 1. Resources shortage Globally, most of boron reserves are distributed in the western hemisphere, especially in the United States. China's proven reserve of ...
Atlantic Silicon launched Silicon project.(Inorganics)
Oct 06, 2009; ... On September 20th, 2009 Ganzi Atlantic Silicon Industry Co., Ltd. (Atlantic Silicon), the 75/25 JV by Spain's Villar Mir Group and Ganzi Shunda Silicon Industry Co., Ltd., laid a foundation for the construction on the first phase 50 000 t/a of the 100 000 t/a metal silicon project in ...
Henkel takes top 10 in China's Green Companies ranking.(Health, Safety & Environment)
Oct 06, 2009; ... China's Business Watch has released the list of China's Top 50 Green Companies for 2009, with Henkel receiving the accolade of being in the Top 10. "In difficult economic times, it is more important than ever to recognize sustainable development for the opportunities that it ...
