Alcoa (NYSE: AA) today announced it will temporarily idle half the production at its Rockdale, Texas aluminum smelter effective today as a result of ongoing supply issues with Luminants onsite power generating unit, Sandow Unit 4, and the resulting market power prices being uneconomical.
Certification is scheduled to be extended to the specialty paper and self-adhesives factories before the end of 2008.
NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB: NNAN) (FWB: N3N), a developer of advanced nanomaterials and extended release nanotechnologies, today announced a partnership with Philadelphia-based Rohm and Haas Company, a leader in specialty materials, to explore the development of polymers with enhanced properties.
Continuing its commitment to sustainable practices, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. has again joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Leaders program, successfully completing EPA base year reporting requirements.
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With immediate effect, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, will (as contracts allow) raise prices by up to 20% for all paper and board dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
BASF is increasing prices for oxo-alcohols, solvents and plasticizers in Europe and Asia with immediate effect or as contracts allow.
