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BUSINESS Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2023, 101 (35), p 11October 23, 2023Cite this:C&EN 101, 35, 11AbstractLyondellBasell Industries has acquired a 50% interest in the Dutch plastics recycler De Paauw Sustainable Resources. De Paauw operates plants in Hengelo and Enschede, the Netherlands, and recycles mostly polypropylene and low-density polyethylene.  CJ CheilJedang has signed an agreement to supply amino and organic acids to Lygos to make its Soltellus and Ecoteria products. Soltellus are biodegradable polymers used in water treatment and other applications, while Ecoteria is a family of malonates. Methanex is restarting a methanol plant with 875,000 metric tons (t) of annual capacity in Trinidad and Tobago in September 2024. That same month, it will idle a methanol plant in the country with 1.1 million t of output when a natural gas supply contract expires.  Resonac is discontinuing its hard drive media business in Taiwan because of what it calls stagnant demand for hard drives. The Japanese chemical firm says it will liquidate the relevantView: PDF | Full Text HTMLDownload PDF