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Dow Chemical has begun the restart of light hydrocarbons unit No 8 in Freeport, Texas, the company said in a regulatory filing, as per Platts. The company expects the process to last unti...
Lactic acid is used in the production of PLA plastics, which are mainly used in packaging products that comply with environmental regulations. Expansion of the PLA market is projected to ...
The global engineering plastics market, valued at US$53580.7 mln in 2013, is estimated to reach about US$79026.6 mln in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 8% from 2013 to 2018, as per Research an...
South Korea is expected to shut four naphtha crackers with a total capacity of 3.76 mln tpa of ethylene for month-long maintenance in 2015, more than double the capacity shut last year, a...
Tracking plunging spot values and falling production costs, US December ethylene contracts settled at a 53-month low, as per sources in ICIS. Sources confirmed the December settlement at ...
Williams Partners L.P. has announced its expanded Geismar plant now expects ethylene production for sale to begin in January as commissioning efforts for the project near completion. Thi...
A fall was seen in naphtha prices in Asia at the beginning of week, as prices tracked crude declines amid bearish manufacturing data out of China, traders said in ICIS. At midday on Monda...
The global PBT & PET resin market is estimated to be $47.4 billion by 2019, signifying a robust growth rate of about 7.3% from 2014 to 2019, as per Research and Markets. The global Polye...
A high-rate plasticizing unit incorporating an innovative screw design produces enhanced-quality melt at rates that make possible shorter cycles in injection molding of high-speed, thin-w...
Polyethylene buyers in USA anticipate further price reductions in Q1-2015 amid the growing disparity between US and international prices, caused mostly by plunging naphtha costs, as per A...
Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim has cut its list prices for low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene and polypropylene, as naphtha continued its descent, as per Platts. N...
Oil on the Nymex and Brent futures dropped to fresh 5-1/2 year lows amid concerns of a global supply glut amid weak demand, as per Reuters. The two oil benchmarks, Brent and West Texas I...
Purnendu Chatterjee, chairman of The Chatterjee Group, agreed to invest Rs 100 crore as margin amount into the ailing Haldia Petrochemicals plant. Following this decision, banks have deci...
EQUATE Petrochemical Company, Kuwait’s first international petrochemical joint-venture, has successfully completed plant turnaround as well as the first phase of the polyethylene (PE) pla...
Amid higher supplies and low volumes, naphtha crack in Asia dipped to a two-session low of US$30.18 in its first day of trading Friday, as most traders have yet to return from the New Yea...
US ethylene supply fundamentals are shifting to oversupply from tightness amid the return of idled cracking capacity and the completion of expansion projects. The situation has got compou...
ThePolymethyl Methacrylate market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.8% with market size projected at 2,433 KT to 2019. The APAC region, with its growing economy and rapidly expanding ind...
Bulk container packaging is used to store and transport beverages, oils & fat, non-hazardous chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food products in large quantities. Flexitanks, flexible interme...
Self-healing polymers developed by Marek Urban from Clemson University uses a special ingredient -Sugar. The method has some distinct advantages over others. The new polymer can repair i...
Surging petrochemical operations in Texas could double the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions in the state. The Environmental Integrity Project reports federal and local environmental ag...
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