Chemicals & Energy

Panasonic Creates Toughbook 20, Rugged Detachable Laptop

November 25, 2015

Panasonic has created what it says is the world's first fully rugged detachable laptop.

Shale Resins Stimulating Development, Employment Increases in Plastics Industry

November 20, 2015

Shale-advantaged resins are affecting job growth in the plastics industry in a big way, according to Martha Moore, senior director, Policy Analysis and Economics, for the American Chemistry Council.

Use of Plastics in Light Vehicles Grows From Average of 20 Pounds in 1960 to 329 Today

November 16, 2015

ICIS

The use of plastics in the production of light vehicles is continuing to grow, with more than $18.1bn worth of finished automotive plastic products incorporated into vehicles assembled in the U.S. and Canada last year, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) said.

Without Government Support, Is There Wind in Renewable Energy's Sails?

November 12, 2015

Business Week

In 2016, the U.S. will learn if renewable energy can survive without government support. The most significant tax credit for solar power will expire at the end of 2016, and the biggest one for wind already has.

Nixing of Keystone Pipeline Could Be Boon for Railroad Transport

November 12, 2015

E&E Publishing

President Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline could come with a heavy side of tank cars. Canadian energy companies need about a dozen crude-laden trains each day to replace the volume of oil that could have been transported through KXL.

Platts Launches Platts Analytics for Commodity Markets

November 10, 2015

Platts

Platts, a provider of information to the energy, petrochemicals, metals and agriculture industries, as well as a source of benchmark prices for the physical and futures markets, has launched Platts Analytics.

From Minerals to Palm Oil: Another Supply-Chain 'Conflict'

November 9, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Blood diamonds. Conflict minerals. And now, conflict palm oil.

Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Procurement Conference

November 7, 2015

How U.S. Gypsum Keeps Its Supply-Chain Relationship Fresh

November 6, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

United States Gypsum Co. has relied on Transplace for third-party logistics services for 14 years. Craig Boroughf, senior director of global sourcing with U.S. Gypsum, and Frank McGuigan, president of transportation management with Transplace, explain why the relationship has been a success.

Coal-fired Plants to Continue to Decline as Natural Gas, Renewables Surge, Report Says

November 5, 2015

SNL News

Natural gas and renewable power plants will account for almost all the new capacity to be installed in the United States for the "foreseeable future" while the number of coal-fired power plants will continue to decrease, according to a report by PEW Charitable Trusts.

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