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This section offers news briefs related to the chemical industry. Paper chemical and pigment producers have announced a round of price increases, citing rising energy and raw material costs that have been climbing during the past six months of 2007. Albemarle plans to start up a new flame retardant plant at Nanjing, China in the second quarter of 2008. Dow Wolff Cellulosics will close a hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) plant at Aratu, Brazil during the first quarter of 2008.

This section offers news briefs related to the chemical industry. The application development center of Chemtura in Nanjing, China, has started operations. A bill has been passed in California that would prohibit some types of stores from providing single-use papers and plastic bags and instead have reusable bags. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) posted earnings of 76.5 million U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2010.

The article offers news briefs on the chemical specialties industry. RPM International says its Carboline subsidiary has acquired some intumescent fireproofing assets from Nu-Chem of Saint Louis, Missouri and that its Tremco Group subsidiary has purchased green roof systems producer Permaquik of Mississauga, Ontario. Aqualon Co. will build a hydroxyethyl-cellulose manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China. Eka Chemicals Co. has opened a new paper chemical facility in Guangzhou, China that will serve the Chinese paper industry.

The article offers updates in the international chemical industry. Suppliers has increased the prices of certain chemical products due to unexpected tight supply and run-up of tin-metal costs in 2006. Dow Chemical's epoxy business has announced that it will build a glycerine-to-epichlorohydrin plant and a liquid epoxy resins plant in Caojing, China. BIM, a supplier of advanced surface treatments to the pulp and paper industry, has set up an operation in Barcelona, Spain.

Deals with the impact of the United States (US) congressional approval of legislation that will grant China permanent trade relations status. Details on the effects of China's membership to the World Trade Organization; Reasons for the opposition of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union on the bill.

Reports on China's Ministry of Chemical Industry's plan to increase the share of specialties in overall chemical production from under 40% to 50% by the year 2000. Importance of specialties for the country's growth under its ninth five-year plan; Total output of paper chemicals in China.

Presents projects in the chemical industry worldwide. Includes the relocation of Huron Tech's sodium chlorate joint venture with Federal Paper Board; Contract awarded to CTIP of Italy to build an ammonia plant in Jilin, China; Contract of Krupp Kroppers and Boasteel Group International Trade to build a morphylane process aromatics complex in Shanghai, China.