The Bayer process, invented by Austrian chemist Karl Josef Bayer in 1888, is widely used to refine bauxite into smelting-grade alumina, or aluminium oxide – the precursor to aluminium.

Lihua Yilijin Petrochemical's MTBE quotation has been lowered by 50 yuan/ton to 5,150 yuan/ton. Shandong Shenchi Chemical MTBE does not currently provide a quotation. Shida Shenghua's MTBE quotation ...

The aluminum market has started to settle following a sharp uptrend in U.S. premiums that began late last year. Since the start of Q4 2024, the aluminum Midwest premium and its three-month futures ...

Yesterday, Trump imposed a blanket 25% tariff on all aluminum and steel imports. To assess the potential local impact, we reached out to some local craft brewers, who use cans made from aluminum ...

Kanye West took to social media to react to reports from concerned insiders claiming he has resumed using nitrous oxide. On Thursday evening (February 20), reports surfaced alleging that the ...

Ateneo-led team develop low-cost, green way to produce transparent aluminium oxide A team of Filipino-Japanese researchers pulled a chemistry magic trick — by sprinkling microdroplets of acid on ...

The goal is to strengthen steel and aluminum industries in the U.S. Steel businesses in Colorado Springs are expressing mixed feelings about this announcement. "I support President Trump's tariff ...

The cover sheet is based on cyclic-olefin copolymers (COC), to which a powder of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) was added at different concentrations. COC are polymers with exceptional mechanical ...

As of August 26, 2024, the average one-year price target for Solventum is $61.46/share. The forecasts range from a low of $54.54 to a high of $67.20. The average price target represents a decrease ...

“Currently, preliminary investigations suggest that the tragedy, which claimed 17 lives and injured several others, was caused by the leakage of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) solvent from a ...

By the time the leakage was arrested, the accumulation of MTBE solvent formed a vapour cloud in that area. The workers in the PD Lab might have tried to escape from the room and the vapour cloud ...