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Players in Egypt report that US PVC prices are witnessing steep declines in the country, tracking generally bearish sentiment in polymer markets and weaker upstream costs, according to Ch...
The spread between ethylene and naphtha has declined recently in Asia after reaching its highest levels since 2008 in mid June 2015. The shrinking spread was attributed to the downward mo...
The tips of the blades on megawatt wind turbine blades, the largest rotors, travel the equivalent of going around the world once a year! The sizes of wind blades are continuing to expand...
Amid weak demand, India's polypropylene producers reduced offers in the domestic market for the second time in August and also extended a price protection scheme for customers until Augus...
Argentina's YPF will invest US$122 mln to acquire 50% stake in Petroken and 46% stake in the titles of Petrocuyo, both polymer producers. The acquisition is subject to certain conditions,...
For the first time, it is possible to mass-produce an exterior car part featuring a honeycomb sandwich structure with a class-A film, with the polyurethane foam system Elastoflex® E from ...
LyondellBasell announced that YPF S.A. and Grupo Inversor Petroquimica S.L. has accepted an offer to purchase LyondellBasell's Argentina-based, wholly-owned subsidiary Petroken Petroquim...
EU polyethylene imports for Jan-June 2015 fell 7.8% year on year to 1.14 million m tons, as per Eurostat data. As per Platts, over the same period, exports fell 3.7% to 992,424 mt due to ...
The global medical polymer market is expected to reach US$17.05 bln by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing substitution of conventional materials such a...
Thailand's PTT Global Chemical PCL (PTTGC), planned to reduce the export of naphtha and use it instead as a feedstock for its own olefin crackers after declines in global crude prices, as...
Aggressively priced Brazilian polymer cargoes are likely to continue to appear in the global market in the near future. Low-priced polyethylene and polypropylene will continue to flow out...
Asia's naphtha crack fell to a near three-week low of US$82.6/ton, but a fire at Kuwait's 200,000 bpd Shuaiba oil refinery which caused all units to be shut on late Monday could turn the ...
PTT Global Chemical says its board of directors has agreed for the company to proceed with a detailed study on a plan to build a US$1 bln (Bt35 billion) polyurethane complex in Rayong, as...
The Mexican peso's continued instability specially vs the strong US dollar, has caused issues for those attempting to trade polymers within the country, as per market sources in Platts "...
Oil on the Nymex retreated to US$42/bbl, hitting the lowest levels seen since September 2010, according to ChemOrbis Price Wizard average. Brent futures also slid to US$49/bbl late last w...
Prices in the US$3 trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell for the first time in 5 months in July, following the decline in the energy complex, according to the just-released mont...
To detect head trauma immediately, a team of researchers has developed a polymer-based material that changes colors depending on how hard it is hit. The goal is to someday incorporate thi...
Figures indicate that Japan's economy contracted on the back of falling exports and consumer spending. This has compounded fears that Asia's biggest economies are starting to slow at the ...
The sheer uptick in the use of electronics and the grave environmental impact of this trend will lead the global electronic recycling industry to register a CAGR of 23.06% between 2013 an...
Players in India expect to see more competitive PVC prices in the days to come, as per ChemOrbis. This can be attributed to falling production costs while the general demand status also l...
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