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Ethylene spot prices in the US rose by 5% in the last three days on growing fears that flooding will affect operations at crackers near the Mississippi river, as per ICIS. The Mississippi...
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) reiterated that its ethylene plant at Pulau Bukom, Singapore, may only start up after the middle of this month. Shell shut the plant on March 18 because of te...
North America’s second-biggest ethylene maker LyondellBasell Industries NV estimates global demand for ethylene to outpace supply additions through 2015, leading to shortages. Ethylene de...
Petronas will construct a US$20 billion integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex in Southern Johor to be commissioned by end-2016. The project, known as the Refinery and Petrochemic...
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers today announced that it will increase capacity at its site at Dordrecht, Netherlands, to meet strong demand for specialty copolymers, DuPont Bynel a...
It is likely that Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp may defer some shipments of naphtha feedstock by a month, after it’s No. 1 cracker was forced to shut down following a fire that hit ...
Inside China, locally held PE prices moved lower this week as distributors reduced prices in hopes of attracting greater buying interest, as per Chemorbis. AS domestic PE is currently tra...
US propylene maker PetroLogistics has restarted its 1.2 bln lb propane dehydrogenation unit in Houston, Texas, after a brief shutdown, as per Platts. Low air supply to the waste heat boil...
A fire at Formosa Petrochemical Corp's Mailiao plant in central Taiwan has forced the shutdown of ethylene and aromatics facilities, as per Reuters. The fire in a pipe that feeds raw mate...
With effect from October 2011, São Paulo-KraussMaffei and Netstal will combine their Brazilian operations under a new business entity, as per Plasticstoday. Their local operations have al...
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) plans to commission its Rs 18,919 crore (US$4.23 bln) refinery at Bhatinda by June/July 2011. Steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal is a partner in this projec...
PTT Aromatics and Refinery Plc (PTTAR) and PTT Chemical Plc (PTTCH) have seen robust Q1 profits on higher sales and margins. PTTCH, Southeast Asia's largest olefins maker, posted a net pr...
US polyethylene was unworkable into Colombia as Asian prices remained at a steep discount, as per Platts. Buyers are largely disinterested in US material due to the high price levels US H...
Asia's naphtha price slipped by over 5% to a four-session low on Thursday, along with fall in naphtha cracks. However, spot premiums remained at firm levels and forced South Korean buyer ...
Philippines’ largest oil refiner and retailer- Petron Corp.’s Q1-2011 income almost doubled from Q1-2010, due to stronger revenue from its petrochemical business. Q1 income stood at P3.4 ...
The Indian government is formulating a policy to offer areas for shale gas exploration in near future and add resources in energy base. Six basins - Cambay, Assam Arakan, Gondawana, KG on...
The Indonesian government started a dumping investigation last month against polypropylene exported by Siam Cement Group. Thailand will ask Indonesia not to apply safeguard measures again...
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Iran are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their plastics exports to the European Un...
Asia's naphtha prices rose for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, to a four-session high, and have recovered most of the US$106/ton it lost in a single day last Friday, as per Reuter...
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Sahara Petrochemical Company (Sahara) have established a new joint venture to produce caustic soda and ethylene dichloride (EDC). The US$750...
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