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Naphtha margin in Asia extended slight gains to touch a three-session high of US$139.23/ton at the start of week, on demand from South Korea. Lotte Chemical is reported to have bought a c...
The market has made little strides in terms of volume gains amidst the economic slowdown. However, it has grown considerably in the last few years and is anticipated to grow at a rapid pa...
The film & sheet industry is the largest user of polyolefins followed by injection molding, fibers & tapes, and blow molding industries. New emerging technologies and regulations in certa...
The global rigid transparent plastic market reached US$18 blnn in 2012. This market is expected to grow to US$19.1 bln in 2013 and nearly US$25.2 bln in 2018, with a compound annual growt...
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that two Chinese petrochemical producers have selected UOP process technology to help meet growing demand for high-value petrochemicals in China. S...
Third Point, the hedge fund led by billionaire Daniel Loeb, took a stake in Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) and called for a spinoff of its petrochemicals business to improve profitability. Dow sh...
INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene PP process for the manufacture of homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to Vung Ro Petroleum at its refinery complex located i...
Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of polypropylene from South Africa, South Korea and India, in its latest bid to protect local monopoly producer Braskem, which is struggl...
The spread between benzene and feedstock naphtha in Asia widened to an eight-month high of US$442.63/mt on Friday, as soaring benzene prices in the US has opened up arbitrage opportunitie...
Polymer markets in Germany and Belgium have witnessed increases this month supported by firm feedstock costs, as per ChemOrbis. Strong gains were reported for PP and PE whereas most PVC b...
Sanction-relief measures will allow EU-based companies to buy, import, insure and transport petrochemicals from Iran- all prohibited since 2012. The European Union Monday is set to tempor...
PET prices in the Southeast Asian market have seen downward pressure from upstream costs and weaker demand, which in part, stems from the Chinese New Year holiday scheduled to start at th...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is providing the all-important fire protection element in the development of commercially viable, flame retarded thermoplastic composites ...
Union minister for petroleum and natural gas and forest and environment M Veerappa Moily plans to hold a road show in Mumbai to attract investors for the ONGC-MRPL Petrochemical Complex p...
TPPI is seeking to import about 1 mln barrels a month of condensate starting in June, as per Bloomberg News.The company is seeking sweet condensates (have a lower sulfur content than sour...
China's top securities regulator -China Securities Regulatory Commission, has approved trade of polypropylene (PP) futures contracts at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), as per Xinhua....
Solvay SA has bid to acquire for US$32.6 mln; Plextronics Inc., a printed electronics maker that filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors on Jan. 16, as per Plasticsnews.com. Brusse...
Industries Qatar plans several lengthy shutdowns of its petrochemical and steel product plants in Q1-2014, as per Reuters. Shutown of 200 days is being planned at the Qatari plants in the...
The Special Development Authority (SDA) of the Visakhapatnam-Kakinada Petroleum, Chemical, Petrochemicals Investment Region (VK-PCPIR) is busy gearing up to make the necessary arrangeme...
NOVA Chemicals Corporation has announced utilization of first barrels of ethane sourced from the Marcellus Shale Basin at its Corunna, Ontario cracker. NOVA started consumption of the new...
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