Flavouring Extract Can Mitigate Vanilla Price Rises
Food manufacturers are being encouraged to sidestep the ongoing global vanilla crisis by investing in a vanilla flavour and extract that are both 100% natural.
With customers avoiding artificial flavourings,...
Lanxess Gets ‘Green’ Certificate from Chinese Government for Ningbo Plant
German speciality chemicals company, Lanxess, recently received the ‘National Green Plant’ certificate for its plant in Ningbo from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China. The...
Is It Safe to Use Makeup Testers in Cosmetics Stores?
A woman in the US is suing a cosmetics store because she claims that she caught herpes from their lipstick tester. In case you're wondering if this is even...
China factory gate inflation slows to 13-month low
BEIJING: China’s factory inflation slowed to a 13-month low in December, official data showed Wednesday, a sign of continued fragility in the world’s second-largest economy.
The producer price index (PPI)...
Russia’s HDPE Output Falls 8.4% in January-October
Russia's production of high density polyethylene (HDPE) decreased by 8.4% year on year in the first ten months of 2017 to 760,600 tonnes, according to MRC's ScanPlast report.
All Russian...
Vietnamese Garment Industry Facing Challenges from China, Myanmar
A seminar on the prospect of Vietnamese garment exports in 2018 held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 3 where participants at the seminar proposed measures such as...
China’s War On Pollution Causes Major Chemicals Shortages
CHINA is quite literally going to war against air pollution as tries to tackle a health crisis that causes some 1.6m deaths every year. The end-result is major shortages...
China’s industrial profits jump most in 4 years
BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial companies rose the most in four years in August as commodities prices surged, thanks to a government-backed construction boom that is helping Beijing trim...
NR Prices Slumped in September, and What Are the Market Focuses?
The NR prices slumped once again in September. The NR futures price at the SHFE kept dropping after the short-term price increase in early September. The highest price and...
Yara to Acquire Vale Fertiliser Complex in Brazil for $255 mn
Yara International ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire the Vale Cubatao Fertilizantes complex in Brazil from Vale SA, for $255 million. The acquisition will establish Yara as...