SEVERAL CHEMICAL MAKERS have found an indirect way to cash in on the biodiesel boom: supplying biodiesel makers with catalysts. BASF, Evonik Industries, and DuPont are enjoying a bustling market for ...
Work continues on New Heaven Chemicals at Manly, Iowa. The new plant will produce sodium methylate, a catalyst used in the biodiesel industry. This photo was taken during a news media tour in December ...
Growth in the biodiesel market is spurring two small companies to invest in U.S. production of sodium methylate, a catalyst used to convert fats and oils into the renewable fuel. These Davids will be ...
Chemical giant BASF said on March 3 that its new plant in Argentina will produce sodium methylate which is used to make biodiesel fuel. The plant, located in Rosario, east of Buenos Aires, will have ...