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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)’s Pulau Bukom ethylene plant in Singapore is not expected to start before the middle of May, as per Bloomberg. The plant has annual capacity to produce 800,00...
Asian naphtha prices continued at a 32 month high in line with high Brent crude prices, with cracks easing slightly, as per Reuters. However, the intermonth spread remained firm on strong...
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has asked Kuokuang project investors to submit a revised plan. As it awaits the revised plan, EPA officials have not set a schedule for t...
Asia Polymer Corp. (a member of the USI Far East Group) plans to increase output of the high-margin EVA (ethylenevinyle acetate). The company plans to invest NT$4-5 bln to build a new pla...
Plastindia Foundation’s “ Plasticulture” is scheme whereby farmers are provided with drip irrigiation facility and also shown the benefits of using them. Plastindia Plasticulture activity...
Players in Asia’s PVC markets are preparing for another month of steep increases in PVC and VCM prices, with a South Korean producer quotes higher May import offers to China, as per Chemo...
World oil price jumped this week to the highest levels since 2008. New figures from USA that showed reduced unemployment amid unrest in the Middle East have propped up oil prices to two y...
Asian butadiene prices face downward pressure over the second quarter as several producers of downstream products will shut their respective plants for planned maintenance or reduce run r...
Growth continues for Brazilian petrochemicals giant Braskem SA, which plans to add capacity for PVC and polyethylene by 2015, as per Plastics news. The PVC expansion will be in the form o...
Spot styrene prices mostly tracked a downward trend during March in both Asia and Europe, as per Chemorbis. However, this trend reversed with firmer prices seen at the beginning of April ...
Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Corp plans to restart the No.2 naphtha cracker at its Kashima plant, with capacity to produce 453,000 tpa of ethylene, around May 20, as per Reuters. It is als...
Around 150,000 tons of naphtha will be shipped from the Middle East to the West, as per Reuters. The Middle East will export three naphtha cargoes west to Europe and USA instead of East t...
Asian benzene prices surged by US$14.50/mt at the end of the last week, assessed at US$1191/mt FOB Korea, as the energy complex spiked amid strong buying demand, as per Platts. Benzene be...
Iran is reported to have exported about 12.920 million tons of petrochemical and polymer products worth approximately US$8.6 bln over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2010-March 20, 2011)...
Plans are underway for capacity expansion a Europe by world number one producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)- Indorama Ventures Plc (IVL). IVL is planning another major expansion t...
South Korea's Daelim Industrial Co Ltd said in a regulatory filing that it had signed a US$317 mln deal to build a petrochemical plant in Limay, Bataan, under a deal with Petron, the Phil...
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. has embarked on the planned shutdown of an ethylene unit at its chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas, according to a filing with state regulators. “Establish...
With effect from July 1, Kazakhstan will remove the customs posts with Russia, and theoretically the prices of petrochemicals should be the same in the Single Economic Space (SES). Howeve...
A blend of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polycarbonate (PC) called Makroblend GR 235M is being offered by Bayer MaterialScience. The sustainable high-tech material is suitable for ...
The Asian naphtha benchmark flat price hit a 31 month high, nudged higher on a persistent gain in crude as per Platts. At the close Wednesday, MOPJ was assessed at US$1022.63/mt, a gain o...
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