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    Formic acid as eco-friendly deicing agent

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    While I’m still working on the blog’s weekly news roundup, here is an interesting video from BASF about the use of formic acid (in the form of potassium formate – a biodegradable salt of formic acid) as  a deicing agent….

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    Biofuel News Roundup

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    Sorry for the delayed news roundup. I have been working hard negotiating with a couple of consulting firms for possible employment opportunities. I’m keeping my fingers crossed! In the biofuels and energy market, the big news last week was the…

  • New partnership deals

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    The blog has been a bit late delivering fresh news lately but hopefully our extra content is good enough compensation. Early this week, Italian chemical company Versalis announced its partnership with Yulex, a US company that has developed a guayule…

  • LS9 looks for commercialization partnership

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    I had the pleasure of briefly speaking to LS9’s new CEO Tjerk de Ruiter this week and I was pleasantly surprised that he remembered this newbie “green” reporter back in 2008 when I interviewed him about Genencor’s bio-isoprene and biofuel…

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    Oleochemical updates

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    This post is long overdue but fortunately I will be able to use some of the information here for my incoming presentation at the Plant Bio-Industrial Oils (PBIO) Workshop to be held on March 6-7 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Some of…

  • LS9 continues on with new CEO

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    I received several inquiries today regarding the rumor that came out from Biofuel Digest this morning that San Francisco-based LS9 was possibly closing down with staff going to being laid off. Tjerk De Ruiter Unfortunately, I was traveling throughout the…

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    NatureWorks starts Asia expansion plans

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    It has been quite a while since the blog had an update about NatureWorks’ plans for its polylactic acid (PLA) expansion in Thailand ever since PTT Global Chemical announced the completion of its 50% stake acquisition of NatureWorks in June…


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