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List of Biochemicals Stocks

Biochemicals stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves using plant or animal based feedstocks (biomass) to create new chemicals or substitutes of existing petrochemicals, plastics, or other fossil fuel derived substances other than fuels. This post was last updated on 7/9/2021. Amyris (AMRS) BioAmber (BIOA) Bion Environmental Technologies (BNET) Circa Group AS (CIRCA.OL) Codexis (CDXS) Corbion (CRBN.AS; CSNVY) Danimer Scientific, Inc. (DNMR) Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) Global Bioenergies (ALGBE: EURONEXT) Novozymes (Copenhagen:NZYM-B; OTC:NVZMY) Royal DSM (DSM.AS; KDSKF; RDSMY) SECOS Group (SES.AX) If you know of any biochemicals stock that is not listed here and should be, please let us know by leaving a comment. Also for stocks in the list that you think should...
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Investing in Biopolymers

Last month Eastman Chemical Company (EMN:  NYSE) announced an expansion of its urethane extrusion line at one of its specialty chemical plants. This one located near Martinsville, Virginia makes paint protection films and window films.  Urethane is perfect to protect surfaces in a home or business.  It is not brittle like plastic, but has excellent tolerance for grease and oils.  When exposed to the elements it does not rot or degrade over time like rubber. Shareholders likely cheered the development in Virginia for potential addition to market share.  Eastman grabbed $9.6 billion in sales from the specialty chemicals market in 2017, earning $1.4 billion in net income or...

Europe’s New Renewable Energy Directive

by Helena Tavares Kennedy You may have heard that the European Parliament voted in favor of the RED II (Renewable Energy Directive) proposal in January. Probably the most notable (or at least covered in the news the most) was their decision to remove biodiesel made from palm oil from its list of biofuels that can count towards the EU’s renewables target from 2021. It also voted that “biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than the contribution from those to the gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources in 2017 in that Member...
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