As you most likely are aware, the rare gases krypton, xenon, and neon are by-products of very large air separation plants (ASU). These ASU’s are almost all attached to steel mills. With this said, adding capacity...
As you most likely are aware, the rare gases krypton, xenon, and neon are by-products of very large air separation plants (ASU). These ASU’s are almost all attached to steel mills.
As we head in to 2018, we look back on a very interesting changing market for krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe) and neon (Ne) in 2017. Ne supply this year continued to increase as new plants...
As we near the end of 2016, we look back on another volatile year for rare gases. In my previous rare gases market review (gasworld.com/2009662.article), we reported that neon (Ne) was in a very critical...
It has been a year since I wrote the last article on rare gases, for gasworld’s sister publication CryoGas International. As I stated then, I am amazed at how volatile this market can be.
Last year, I estimated total 2012 world production of Kr would be 97 million liters, production of Xe at 10.5 million liters, and Ne production at about 625 million liters. In my follow up plant-by-plant analysis, I found that the...
Rare gases, which include krypton (Ke), xenon (Xe), and neon (Ne), are byproducts of air separation units (ASUs) that produce large quantities of oxygen and nitrogen. Historically, to be economically feasible, the rule of thumb was that an ASU must...
The rare gases krypton (Kr) and xenon (Xe) are both volatile global products. This volatility stems from their end use applications in fluctuating markets like construction, lighting, and electronics, and from the global control of sources of their production. Furthermore,...
Wlliams Ramsay and Travers Morris discovered the three gases — krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and neon (Ne) — more than 120 years ago. These three are part of a family of gases most commonly referred to as rare or noble....
As the economy slows down so does the demand for rare gases. During the last 12 months demand for xenon (Xe) declined almost 40 percent and demand for krypton (Kr) fell by about 30 percent.
