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Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem plans to shut its ethylene cracker in northeastern Brazil for six weeks of maintenance. A company spokeswoman told BNamericas that maintenance work...
The first completely “cool-to-the-touch” heating system for injection barrels and melt pipes delivers heat more uniformly and reaches start-up targets more rapidly than band heaters, whil...
Valero Energy Corp. plans to invest US$700 mln in a methanol plant at its St. Charles refinery near New Orleans. Low-cost natural gas will be sourced as feedstock from shale formations. ...
An 8.3 bln lb project to build a refinery and petrochemical plant in eastern China involving Royal Dutch Shell has been shelved after losing political support, the Telegraph was reported ...
New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in October, dipped to US$110.2, while Brent North Sea crude for October slipped to US$116.02. Markets have taken a res...
The launch of “PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced Polymer” has been announced by Invibio Biomaterial Solutions. The implantable biomaterial grade uniquely combines two clinically proven advanced bio...
China’s local PP market had been trading below the landed costs of imports since the beginning of 2013, although locally held and domestic cargoes should normally carry a premium over imp...
The Perstorp Group, a world leader in specialty chemicals, will be presenting the next generation of co-polyesters at K Fair 2013. This will include Akestra™, a high performance plastic w...
In China, polystyrene players report improved demand in line with the high season while adding that they received higher import Asian PS offers, which caused an increase of US$20/ton at t...
Benchmark oil on the Nymex for October delivery spiked by close to two dollars to US$110.2. Brent crude rose to US$116.1 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London. Oil prices spike...
Russia's Rosneft has offered up to 1.2 mln tons of naphtha in a rare 12-month contract to start from Oct. 15, 2013, as per traders in Reuters. The cargoes will be shipped from Rosneft's A...
The Asia-Pacific market is anticipated to be a leader for polyolefins with respect to demand. The region has the presence of most global leaders in polyolefins manufacturing. As per Marke...
Indian flexible packaging major Uflex Ltd. has put on hold its expansion plans in the Latin American market, as per Plasticsnews. The company was planning to establish a production facili...
Spot propylene prices gained in Europe over the past week in line with firmer upstream markets as well as tight propylene supply in the region, stemming from a number of maintenance shutd...
Titan has bought up to 30,000 tons of naphtha for arrival in H2-October at Pasir Gudang at a discount of nearly US$6/ton to Japan quotes on a cost-and-freight basis, the lowest price it p...
Malaysia-based Titan has bought up to 30,000 tons of naphtha for arrival in H2-October at Pasir Gudang at a discount of nearly US$6/ton to Japan quotes on a cost-and-freight basis, the lo...
The Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ), limited to petrochemicals until now, has been permitted to set up units with products from other sectors as well. A press release from the Pres...
The Klöckner Pentaplast Group has added to its global production capacity in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The company is investing €45.6 mln as part of its 2013 and 2014 expansion pla...
Andhra Petrochemicals Limited’s plant at Visakhapatnam has been shut-down from September 4, 2013 due to non-supply of major raw material propylene from its supplier- Hindustan Petroleum C...
Asian naphtha margins recovered on Thursday to reach a two-session high each at US$103.7/ton after losses in the previous session. South Korea's LG Chem came forward to buy at least a to...
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