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Global Mining Floatation Chemicals Market: Recent Developments
- In June 2021, FMC Corporation planned to invest more than US$ 50 million, over the next three years, in capital improvement projects, including the modernization of a greenhouse and research laboratory at the company's Global Research and Development headquarters in Newark, Delaware.
- On 8 November 2022, a strategic partnership between BASF and Moleaer has been signed to benefit the mining sector. This combines competence in chemical, mineral processing, gas transport, and nanobubble technologies. With the objective to create cutting-edge mining techniques, this partnership is expected to bring together experience in mineral processing, gas transfer, hydrometallurgy, and nanobubble technology. The primary objective is to enhance extraction rates from copper ores with high chalcopyrite content, which have traditionally been challenging to leach, by focusing on the copper leaching process.
- In July 2020, Arkema completed the acquisition of ArrMaz, a global leader in specialty surfactants for the crop nutrition, mining, and infrastructure markets. ArrMaz has around US$ 290 million of sales from North America, South America, Asia, and the Middle East & Africa.
- In March 2023, Solvay launched Polycare® Heat Therapy for bio-based thermoprotection in hair care, the non-ecotoxic, double-derivatized cationic guar active ingredient advances the global trend of bio-based and silicone-free solutions in hair care and delivers excellent thermal protection in transparent formulations.