CMAI Completes 2009 World Benzene Analysis.
HOUSTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2009 World Benzene Analysis, an annual global study that covers the future outlook for supply, demand, production, capacity, trade, pricing and profitability of the global benzene industry for the period 2003 to 2013. Included...

Prices of most organic chemicals came down.
Pure benzene In December 2008, because of the price down of crude oil in the international market and increase of imported goods, domestic pure benzene producers considerably lowered their ex-factory prices in succession, so China's pure benzene prices fell considerably. As of December 28th, pure...

Litigators to Gather at Two Toxic Tort & Asbestos Conferences.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- HB Litigation Conferences LLC, formerly Mealey's Conferences, announced two programs for toxic tort and asbestos litigators today. The first will take place on Feb. 25, 2009 in Philadelphia for attorneys seeking an overview of causation evidence for cases involving lead, benzene, asbestos...

Uhde licenses aromatics technology in China.
Uhde has licensed to Xingtai Risun Chemical Co., Ltd. for building an aromatics plant at Tangshan of Hebei province, according to Uhde on December 17th, 2008. The new plant will produce top-quality benzene, toluene and xylene and other valuable aromatic fractions from coke oven light oil, mainly...

Ban on gas tank topping is in the pipe.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Ron Thurman has worked around gasoline his entire working life - refining it, hauling it and, now, pumping it at the Astro 76 station on McVay Highway in south Eugene. "One way or another I've been dealing with this mess,"...

Import & export data in China in November 2008.
Import & Export Data in China in November 2008 CODE DESCRIPTION IMPORT November 2008 Quantity Value (US$ 1000) 23099010 Feed additives, prepared 2041103 8099 25010019 Salt, other than edible 167805153 8085 salt 25030000 Sulfur, various other than 458906674 72386 sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulfur 25081000 Bentonite 5443046 1488 25101010...

Ex-factory prices of major chemicals quoted in Shanghai in December 2008.
Ex-factory Prices of Major Chemicals Quoted in Shanghai in December 2008 Product Specification Top Inorganic chemicals Ammonium Chloride 99% 6800 Baking Soda Food grade 1500 Barium Carbonate 99% 16000 Barium Chloride A grade 2400 Borax (Sodium Borate) 95% 4350 Boric Acid 99.5% 4900 Calcium Carbonate light 1000 Carbon disulfide...

Toxic Causation Training Day for Attorneys.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Philadelphia lawyer Robert Spinelli of Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli & Hanna and noted Texas attorney Aaron DeLuca of DeLuca & Nemeroff LLP are presiding over a day of legal and medical education for attorneys featuring doctors, trial attorneys and judges, including Philadelphia Common...

Concerns loom about air authority.
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Clouds are forming once again over the Lane County agency charged with keeping the air clean and clear. A board member for the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency said the board is unbalanced, oversized and due for an overhaul. But...

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. Filed a Patent for Rapid Modification of Crude Oil.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CVAT) has filed a patent for rapid modification of crude oil. It is proven that cavitation in fluids provide superior mixing and may significantly accelerate rates of chemical reactions and processes. By applying this concept to oil refining...