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Awareness is growing that plastics packaging is a major contributor of waste - almost 500 billion to one trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year, of which millions end up i...
Thai Olefins PCL new plant,with a nameplate capacity of 300,000 metric tpa of ethylene and 15,000 tpa of propylene, which started operating earlier this month, is currently running above ...
Mitsubishi Chemicals has scheduled turnarounds at two naphtha crackers in May 2005. The plant in Mizushima, with a capacity to produce 450,000 mta of ethylene will begin a 30 day shutdown...
The Philippine government has decided to extend tariff protection on petrochemical products for another six months. The higher tariff cover granted on import tariffs on 11 petrochemical p...
Beijing Feitian Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinopec Corp.) has entered into a merger agreement with Beijing Yanhua. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, (Sinop...
The US National Weather Service’s forecast for New York City has predicted temperatures to moderate and rise to near 50ºF (10ºC) on Wednesday, with highs above 40ºF (4ºC) into next week. ...
Toyo Engineering has been finalized by Kazanorg sintez, the largest polyethylene manufacturer in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, in collaboration with Mitsui & Co, to design and procur...
Japan's Mitsui Chemicals has commenced the construction of a 6,000 mta breathable low density polyethylene (LDPE) film plant in Rayong, Thailand, to be completed by January 2006. Mitsui p...
A 6 month reprieve - by way of higher tariffs on petrochemical imports, has been offered to the domestic petrochem industry in Philippines by the Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) Committe...
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec Corp.) will build two chemical facilities in Shanghai at an investment outlay of CNY 2.11 billion, to be managed by Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Co.,...
BASF-YPC Co. Ltd. successfully started up it's methyl acrylate plant this week, marking the completion of the integrated petrochemical site in Nanjing, China, as scheduled for the end of ...
2004 - a year that saw crude oil pushed to previously unseen heights of $US56 a barrel, has, toward the end of the year seen a reversal of sentiment. The bulls that have turned bearish. T...
Thailand's Board of Investment has approved investments worth THB175.87 billion as incentives to 15 projects. In the petrochem sector, the board has approved a THB14.12 billion investment...
Brazil plans to invest almost US$ 800 million by 2008 in PET projects alone. This is part of an expansion planned by Brazilian chemical producers to invest some US$4 billion to expand cap...
This week's cold snap in the US seems to have ended, triggering an oil prices slide and easing worries over thin fuel stocks in the world's biggest energy consumer. US light crude settled...
GAIL (Gas Authority Of India) is in talks to adopt a breakthrough technology in the Rs 6,000 crore Assam Gas Cracker Project, with capacity planned at about 280,000 tpa. GAIL plans to uti...
Italian resins giant Mossi & Ghisolfi and Brazilian oil-giant Petrobras are mulling a PET joint venture in northeast Brazil. The PET plant would be with a capacity of 450,000 mta PET at a...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program has awarded a US$5.2 million grant to Rohm and Haas with support from Engelhard Corporation. This grant will be for d...
Demand for electronics, telecommunications and healthcare products are is growing at a robust pace in China. The Guangzhou area is meeting customer demand for plastics-based contract manu...
Gulf Investment Corp. has signed an agreement with Oman Oil Co. to buy 20% interest in the US$313 million Oman Polypropylene LLC (OPP). OPP is a 80:20 joint venture between OOC and South ...
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