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Labor issues at US West Coast ports have led to complications for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) importers and have created opportunities for domestic PET producers just ahead of a seas...
The global masterbatch market is projected to register a CAGR of 7.1% between 2014 and 2019 to reach US$12.1 bln. The packaging segment, that uses masterbatch, is witnessing a CAGR of 7.5...
Spot polymer prices in the Indian market may stabilise, with a possibility of posting minimal gains, as domestic converters may start to replenish their inventory towards end-February, as...
A group of researchers, led by Professor Bikramjit Basu of the Materials Research Centre and Bio-Engineering Programme, and Professor Giridhar Madras of the Department of Chemical Engine...
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited has increased its stake in ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited to 46% from 3%, as per Business Line. In a BSE filing, MRPL said that its bo...
In India, PVC prices have been following a firming trend for the last two months amid strong demand. The markets players’ current expectations are mostly centered around further increases...
US spot ethylene dropped to a 53 month low following talks of restarts at two major producers - to be assessed at 34.5-35 cents/lb FD USG for February delivery, while March assessment was...
Indian refiners will export less naphtha in February to cater to growing domestic demand, further tightening Asia’s supply of the petrochemical feedstock, as per traders in ICIS. India ...
South Korea's Samsung Total Petrochemicals, a regular importer of naphtha, has sold its first naphtha cargo at a time when supply to Asia is being squeezed, ass per traders in Reuters. Th...
Japanese chemical company Kuraray Co Ltd plans to increase ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) production capacity of EVAL Europe NV from 24,000 tpa to 35,000 tpa, at an investment of...
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners said it is working to return its recently acquired Evangeline ethylene pipeline back into service, but cannot provide a time frame, as per Argusmedia.com. Bo...
Williams Partners L.P.'s expanded Geismar, Louisiana olefins plant has begun manufacturing ethylene for sale. The company is working towards reaching full production rates and shortly the...
Spot styrene prices are seen tracking an upward trend both in Asia and Europe this week, as per Chemorbis. Higher spot values were attributed to the recent gains in the energy markets whi...
Air Liquide is to invest about US$170 mln in a unit that will supply oxygen for Chinese petrochemical giant Yuhuang Chemical’s planned methanol manufacturing complex in St. James Parish. ...
Brazil-based petrochemical and polymers company Braskem seems keen to drop plans to build the Comperj petrochemical complex in Rio de Janeiro state and is instead exploring a doubling of ...
IndianOil has launched a high productivity HDPE grade, Propel HDPE 080M60, for injection moulding applications. The new high productivity polyethylene grade in injection moulding sector ...
A breakthrough in PVC technology now makes it possible for rigid PVC to replace polycarbonate (PC) in clear medical components such as connectors and check valves, obtaining comparable st...
Propane demand for propylene production in China is expected to shoot up in 2015, with two new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) units due to come on stream this year and increase in capacity...
PET prices in Asia firmed up during this past week as offer levels gained support from higher production costs lifted by firmer crude prices, as per ChemOrbis. A more than two dollar gain...
BP's purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Cooper River, South Carolina, is expected to restart by February end or early March, as per market sources in Platts, expecting the unit to ...
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