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With effect from April 1, 2012, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers has announced a price increase of Euro 0.20/kg on all grades of Ethylene Copolymer resins in the region Europe, Midd...
Strong international attendance from both exhibitors and visitors is expected as the countdown begins to Indonesia’s leading exhibitions for the printing, packaging and plastic industries...
Slower economic growth in China has raised concerns over oil demand from the world’s leading energy user. As a result, oil prices inched lower in Asia, as concerns over China's energy dem...
After steady price hikes were observed on the back of firm feedstock markets during February, the bullish trend started to lose some pace across global PET markets in early March, as per ...
In the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011, the country’s PVC exports dropped because several plants at Kashima were shut. Just after the disaster,...
The Shaw Group Inc. has been awarded contracts to provide a process design package and technology license for the addition of a 30,000 bpd catalytic cracking (DCC) unit to IRPC's 215,000 ...
In autumn 2011 the plant engineering company Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC) of Taiwan successfully commissioned a plant for the production of high-p...
Japan's steam crackers had escaped serious damage from the March 11, 2011 disaster and were able to recover much faster, as per Platts. Data from Japan Petrochemical Industry Association ...
A year after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, the country’s petrochem industry continues to struggle on the recovery path, as the sector grapples with production disrupti...
The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has signed an agreement with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc which allows it to manufacture TDI and MDI. Mitsui will provide manufacturing technology...
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. plans to shut its No. 1 naphtha cracker from end-June for 35 days of scheduled maintenance, as per Dow Jones Newswires. The cracker, located at Mailiao, Taiwan...
Data regarding US jobs figures and Greece’s debt have spread optimism about the global economy, propping up oil on the Nymex past US$107 per barrel, and Brent crude to near US$126. As pe...
Players in Thailand report that domestic polymer demand has remained firm over the past few weeks even as demand from other nearby countries has stagnated in the face of the ongoing econo...
Sumitomo Corporation is considering building a gas processing plant to produce propylene from natural gas in the Khabarovsk region of Russia, as per Europeanplasticnews. Currently, under ...
The highly volatile oil market has kept most European polypropylene traders from taking advantage of the arbitrage window from Asia, as per industry sources in Platts. Despite the rebound...
The Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) has awarded two engineering, procurement and construction contracts to integrated engineering and construction firm CTCI Corporation of Taiwan. The...
Players in China report that the gap between import LLDPE and HDPE film prices has narrowed over the past few weeks as LLDPE prices have risen more rapidly than HDPE or LDPE film prices ...
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) has offered to sell a 35,000 ton naphtha cargo for loading in May and a 10,000 ton cargo of mixed xylene for loading from April 16 to April...
China plans to invest in 20 petrochemical projects in Iran, on Tuesday, lauding the country's advancement in petrochemical fields, as per FNA. China is Iran's top trade partner. Iranian...
Total SA (FP), is mulling addition of petrochemical capacity at its 174,000 bpd refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, to convert low- priced natural gas into more valuable chemical products, as...
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