With 25,915 tonnes, the August average daily production was 1.9% lower than in the previous month (July 2018: 26,425 tonnes) and 5.5% lower than in August 2017 (27,413 tonnes). With 241,633 tonnes, the August 2018 caustic soda stocks were 2.1% higher than in the previous month (July 2018: 236,654 tonnes), and 33,147 tonnes above the … Continued
International chemical industry magazine ‘Chemical Week’ has published an article at https://view.imirus.com/396/document/13015/page/57 which gives an overview of Euro Chlor’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in mid-September in Bordeaux, France. The article explains the shift in focus across the industry from the mercury phase-out to energy issues and supplementing lost capacity. Many of the key data … Continued
In a newly released video on the homepage of the 2017/2018 Chlor-alkali Industry Review – https://chlorineindustryreview.com/, Euro Chlor’s Executive Director Dolf van Wijk outlines the key changes seen by the European chlor-alkali industry in recent years. These include the phase-out of mercury in production processes, the stream of investment announcements, the new Executive Director and … Continued
With 24,477 tonnes, the September average daily production was 5.6% lower than in the previous month (August 2018: 25,917 tonnes) and 5.6% lower than in September 2017 (25,941 tonnes). With 230,979 tonnes, the September 2018 caustic soda stocks were 4.4% lower than in the previous month (August 2018: 241,633 tonnes), but 33,273 tonnes above the … Continued
The European Unions’ Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals regulation recently passed an important milestone with the submission deadline for the final set of substances. Euro Chlor has been involved with this process from the beginning and you can read about Euro Chor’s decade of work with REACH in the newly published digital-first Industry … Continued
The first ever digital version of Euro Chlor’s Industry Review has just been launched at https://chlorineindustryreview.com/. This 2017/2018 version covers the most important industry information from the past year divided up into five sections – Sustainability, Safety, Regulatory, Manufacturing & applications and About Euro Chlor. These include key stories, figures and updates so take a … Continued
Euro Chlor, the European association of chlor-alkali manufacturers, announced at its 2018 General Assembly (GA) held today in Bordeaux, France, that Marleen Pauwels, Euro Chlor’s Science & Regulatory Affairs Director, will take over as Executive Director from Dolf van Wijk once he retires at the end of this year. In addition, Jürgen Baune of Akzo … Continued
Euro Chlor, the European association of chlor-alkali manufacturers, announced at its 2018 General Assembly (GA) held today in Bordeaux, France, that Marleen Pauwels, Euro Chlor’s Science & Regulatory Affairs Director, will succeed Dolf van Wijk as Executive Director at the end of this year. Marleen joined Euro Chlor in 2011 and has been Science & … Continued
Today, Euro Chlor, the European federation of chlor-alkali manufacturers, has announced new members of its 17 Successes programme which demonstrates how chlor-alkali helps Europe to work safely, efficiently and competitively. Over 7500 people are directly employed in making chlorine and caustic soda (chlor-alkali) in Europe with many of the derived products, which we rely on … Continued
With 26,382 tonnes, the July average daily production was 0.3% higher than in the previous month (June 2018: 26,291 tonnes), but 5.5% lower than in July 2017 (27,929 tonnes). With 236,566 tonnes, the July 2018 caustic soda stocks were 7.7% lower than in the previous month (June 2018: 256,396 tonnes), and 42,788 tonnes above the … Continued