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Oil prices dipped by more than a dollar to US$54 a barrel, as traders pushed aside worries about further reduction in production by OPEC, on statements by Saudi officials, who reiterated ...
Jilin PetroChemical, a subsidiary of PetroChina, responsible for the benzene spill in China's Songhua River in 2005, has been fined 1 million yuan (US$130,000). The benzene spill poisoned...
In a bid to create the conditions necessary to make the Uerdingen site competitive and to manufacture Durethan® to the specified top quality, LANXESS chemical group's Semi-Crystalline Pro...
Finolex Industries' earnings zoomed 55.96% for the quarter ended Dec.06, increasing to Rs 228.84 million compared with Rs 146.73 million, a year ago. Net sales for the quarter rose 68.6...
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) plans to expand its existing commodity portfolio with plastics because of the considerable potential for industrialisation in this sector. This i...
PTT Chemical PCL (PTTCH), Thailand's largest olefins maker, plans to spend 1.3 billion baht (US$34 million) on expansion plans. The investment plan included 600 million baht to boost high...
Research indicates that consumers are more attracted to glossy products as higher gloss helps plastic bottles and containers stand out on retail shelves, but packagers are faced with the ...
Plunging crude oil and downstream feedstock prices this month have depressed transaction prices of most U.S. petrochemicals from a penny to 3¢/lb. Ethylene prices for the month have ave...
Sellers of propylene in Asia have lowered intentions to US$1,100/mt FOB Korea for February shipment, but interestingly, the Asian propylene market continued to remain quiet last week as b...
Forecasters have predicted below-normal temperatures in the U.S. East Coast region to continue into at least the first week of February. Monday morning saw oil prices rise in Asian tradin...
Surging demand within Asian-Pacific markets in the food processing sector will continue to drive the value of the flexible packaging market to €43 bln by 2010 from €34 bln in 2005 as per ...
ExxonMobil's Singapore subsidiary plans a month long turnaround at its aromatics reforming unit on Jurong Island in January. The plant has a capacity to produce 30,000 bpd, and reduce the...
Basell has successfully developed Hostalen CRP 100 RESIST CR black- an enhanced version of its well established Hostalen CRP 100 black high density polyethylene (HDPE) grade that can enab...
In a bid to compete with European rivals like BASF AG and reduce vulnerability to price swings, Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), plans to start making specialty products. Specialty c...
In a bid to expand value chain in all its businesses and leverage an attractive, integrated feedstock supply position to enhance potential of Essar Oil's refinery, Essar Chemicals has dec...
Fluor Company has awarded a project management contract to SIBUR Holding JSC for the construction of a new propylene and polypropylene plant in Tobolsk. Along with Fluor, SIBUR experts wi...
Qatar plans to double petrochemical production within a year to levels above 18 mln tons from the current 8 mln tons. The current annual production of polyethylene is about 1 mln tpa. By ...
Several Styrene Monomer (SM) plants are to be shutdown on account of planned maintenance in Asia in 2007. Planned maintenance turnarounds of SM plants might exert influence on supply of s...
Q4 earnings at Dow Chemical Co., USA's largest chemical maker, fell 11% as North American plastic prices dropped as the housing slump dampened use of basic plastics. The quarter saw profi...
Applied Market Information LLC is pleased to announce the program for PROFILES 2007, the 7th International Conference for the plastics and construction industries. This event takes place ...
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