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Petrochemical markets in Asia have reacted swiftly to recent rising crude oil and naphtha prices but European and US markets are still feeding through the sharp crude price downturn of th...
Japan based Shin-Etsu Chemical has announced plans to expand production capacity at its silicone monomer and silicone polymer plants in Thailand, with a total investment of around JPY20 b...
The previous week saw Asia's naphtha crack end at a one month high of US$110/ton, supported by expectations of fewer cargoes coming to Asia following a shutdown of the Houston Shipping Ch...
In Europe, spot styrene prices continued to gain increases during this past week and the cumulative increases seen on the spot styrene market have reached around US$245/ton on FOB NWE bas...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) has sold about 125,000 tons of naphtha to Vitol at premiums that were at least US$10 below the market rate of US$28/ton to Middle East quotes on a free-o...
India is set for maintenance shutdowns at two PVC producers in March which keeps the near term outlook firm supported by vivid seasonal demand and bullish expectations, according to ChemO...
The Prepreg Market is growing at a CAGR of more than 10.5% between 2015 and 2020 and is expected to reach US$6.9 bln by 2020, as per MarketsandMarkets. North America is currently the larg...
A set of draft rules has been published by the Kaohsiung government to regulate the petrochemical industry in the Taiwanese city. The regulations order companies that bury petrochemical p...
Thailand's PTT Global Chemical PCL is studying several options for supplying sufficient raw material to its petrochemical plants, including imports of oil feedstocks after declines in glo...
US demand for plastic film is expected to grow 1.5% pa through 2018 to 16.4 bln lbs, resulting in sales of US$26.2 bln,, as per RnR Market Research. Acceleration in manufacturing output a...
Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co has extended maintenance work on the olefins plant at its petrochemicals complex in Jubail after a technical fault was discovered, as per Reuters. In a bourse...
Import homo-PP prices in China have gained a premium over local prices as sentiment has been moving in opposite directions in the import market relative to the domestic market, according ...
Dioctyl phthalate (DOP) - a key plasticizer is no longer permitted under European Union REACH regulations after February 2015, driving PVC compounders and processors to move to safer alte...
The global market for Renewable Chemicals is projected to reach US$73.8 billion by 2020, driven by the rising focus on reducing carbon emissions, and increasing demand for healthier, gree...
Bioamber is an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, announced that it has initiated commissioning activities for its 30,000 MT capacity bio-succinic acid plan...
Johns Manville (JM) has announced plans to significantly expand capacity at its Scottsboro, Ala., TPO manufacturing facility. JM will complete construction at the Scottsboro plant next mo...
The plastic additives market is projected to register a CAGR of 5% between 2014 and 2019 to reach $45.5 Billion by 2019, as per MarketsandMarkets. Asia-Pacific dominated the plastic addit...
The global synthetic paper market was valued at US$212.7 mln in 2013 and is anticipated to reach US$338 mln by 2020, expanding at a CAGR of 7% between 2014 and 2020. In terms of volume, t...
A masterbatch that can multiply the service life of UV-absorbing greenhouse films - UV4120PE, has been developed by Tosaf. In comprehensive accelerated weathering tests, the UV-filtering...
CPC Corp's refinery in the Kaohsiung area reported leaks of propylene gas. A loose connector in the six-inch piping system transporting the propylene to its Linyuan plant caused the leak,...
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