Chemicals & Energy

Target Passes Walmart as Top Corporate Solar Customer

October 28, 2016

Target has surpassed perennial champion Walmart as the U.S.'s top corporate user of solar power, according to a new report. Target has installed 147 megawatts of solar capacity on 300 stores, according to the 2016 Solar Means Business Report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Chemical Industry Joins Fight Against Climate Change in Landmark Deal

October 25, 2016

The New York Times

Negotiators from more than 170 countries have reached a legally binding accord to counter climate change by cutting the worldwide use of a powerful planet-warming chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators.

Balancing Optimization and Response Planning in BioPharma with OMP Plus

October 18, 2016

Challenge: An innovative producer of vaccines including Pediatric, Specialty and Meningitis, was dealing with a complex multi-layered capacity constrained production plan with variable demand.

China's Weak Trade Report Suggests Worrisome Turn, Investors Say

October 18, 2016

Los Angeles Times

Bank stocks have been shaken after a steep drop in China's exports made investors worry again about the health of the world's second-largest economy. U.S. stocks gradually recovered most of their losses as safer investments such as utilities traded higher, the Associated Press reported.

China September Exports Fall More Than Expected, General Administration of Customs Reports

October 17, 2016

New York Times

China's September exports fell 10 percent from a year earlier, while imports shrank 1.9 percent after picking up in August, suggesting signs of steadying in the world's second-largest economy may be short-lived.

Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Procurement Event Returns for Second Year

October 9, 2016

Canadian Shippers See Slight Increase in Ground Transportation Cost in July

September 30, 2016

Nulogx

Results published by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers increased by just 0.15 percent in July, as compared with June results.

Tests Underway to Recover, Re-Use Flexible Plastic Packaging

September 30, 2016

Plastics Today

With adequate screening and optical sorting capacity, flexible plastic packaging can be efficiently captured in a single-stream materials recovery facility, potentially creating a new stream of recovered materials while improving the quality of other recycling streams.

Fifty Percent Decline in Jet Fuel Propels Airlines to Nearly $40Bn Profit

September 28, 2016

L.A. Times

Famed investor Warren Buffett once warned that investing in airlines was "a death trap." He may be rethinking his view on the airline industry now that the trade group for the world's carriers has predicted that the industry will pocket a record $39.4bn this year.

Maersk Separates Struggling Shipping, Energy Operations Into Separate Companies

September 27, 2016

Maritime Executive

Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to separate its businesses into transport and energy divisions in a bid to better tackle the problems facing its struggling businesses.

Chemicals & Energy

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