CHINA: Of the nine ice rink venues at the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic winter games, five are using CO2 refrigeration systems and four using R449A.
According to China’s State Council Information Office, in addition to providing quality ice rinks suitable for respective sports in the competition venues, it has stayed true to its commitment to host a green games by being eco-friendly in its ice-making.

CHINA: Of the nine ice rink venues at the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic winter games, five are using CO2 refrigeration systems and four using R449A.

The Indian government has imposed anti-dumping duties on the import of Chinese R32 and HFC refrigerant blends R410A and R407C.India claims the refrigerants have been exported at a price below normal value and negatively impacted its domestic industry.The duties to be imposed range from just over $1,000 per tonne to $2,250 per tonne and have been imposed for a period of five years.

Honeywell has won the latest round in a continuing series of court battles between refrigerant manufacturers over the automotive air conditioning gas R1234yf.

European refrigerant gas producer prices continued to rise in Q3 of 2021, with R134a particularly affected.
The latest European refrigerant price monitoring survey for Q1 2021 from Öko-Recherche, reports price increases for R134a at all levels of the supply chain. R134a, prices increased significantly at the level of gas producers compared to Q2 and significantly increased for service companies’ purchase prices on the market.

The European Commission is proposing new levels of fines and a maximum term of imprisonment of at least six years for breaches of the F-gas regulations.

HARDI, the US HVACR wholesalers association, is going to court in an effort to overturn the new US ban on non-refillable, disposable cylinders.

Consumption of HFCs under the European F-gas regulations increased in 2020 for the first time, after consecutive annual decreases since 2015, according to official figures.

Refrigerant manufacturer Honeywell says that Chinese refrigeration and air conditioning components manufacturer Zhejiang DunAn Artificial Environment is to develop components compatible with its A1 refrigerant R466A.

The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called for enforceable domestic regulations in all countries to deter and combat the illegal trade in refrigerants.