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The Control Yuan has found the selected Chaunghua County site unsuitable for a petrochemical complex in view of land subsidence problems in the area. The report states that the available ...
Northwest European benzene prices for April rose on Thursday morning by at least US$9/mt compared with Wednesday's close, as per Platts. The market rose from a close of US$1260.50/mt to b...
The gap between HDPE film from LLDPE film prices in Southeast Asia has narrowed considerably over the past few weeks, with the two currently trading almost at par with each other, as per ...
Orlando, Florida, US-based Merletti Partners International has formed an alliance with Hong Kong firm Rose Rock Infrastructure. The latter, through its joint venture with Hongfa Investmen...
Leading South Korean chemical manufacturer LG Chem is seeking to invest up to US$1.3 bln in a Kazakhstan facility to produce 551,000 tpa polypropylene. Kazakh energy officials are scoutin...
A combination of foreign contractors will aid in propelling forward the US$1.8 bln Phase 2 refinery upgrade of Petron Corporation, targeted for completion by the end of 2014. The list tha...
The Saudi Arabian government has taken over discussions with India on anti-dumping imposed on National Industrialization Company (Tasnee)'s polypropylene exports as per Platts. In Decem...
Solvay and Rhodia announced the signing of a framework agreement according to which Solvay will launch a friendly cash offer for 100 % of the share capital of Rhodia. The cash offer value...
Developers of a new catalytic cracking technology that will boost refinery production of propylene and other light products have selected Axens and Shaw Group to license and market the pr...
Taiwan’s supply of ethylene will become problematic by 2015 if a proposed petrochemical development project is scrapped, a Ministry of Economic Affairs official said to Taipei Times. The ...
Japan’s ethylene production rose 0.1% in March 2011 vs March 2010, although some plants were shut after the March 11 earthquake, as per government data on Reuters. Ethylene output totalle...
Ceresana Research has analyzed the European adhesive market: Germany accounts for approx. 18.5% of all demand, followed by France, Italy and the UK. We expect that the adhesives revenue i...
Ceresana Research has scrutinized the European plastic pipe market from top to bottom: we expect revenues will rise to €9.7 billion by 2018. In Western Europe, about 45-50% of all plastic...
American PVC offers have been emerging at noticeably higher levels in many global markets including Turkey, Egypt, Italy and China, tracking a similar trend as March, as per Chemorbis. In...
The 3rd International Conference for S & SE Asia on New Developments in High Performance Engineering Plastics is being held in Singapore, by the Chatsworth Group, with support from Plasti...
An investment in a defunct olefins plant, coupled with a turbulent propylene market, is paying off for PetroLogistics LLC, as per Plasticnews. PetroLogistics bought the plant on the Hous...
BASF and Petronas will commence a feasibility study for a new plant for superabsorbent polymers. The companies have also decided to look into the expansion of the existing production capa...
Westlake Chemical Corporation has announced an expansion program to include increasing the ethane-based ethylene capacity at Lake Charles, LA, and the evaluation of expansion options and ...
US PET producers increased their margins by 1.5-2 cents/lb in March, as per Platts. Now they are scouting for increases in April. Costs from MEG and PTA rose roughly a total of 3.86 cents...
Platts reported that Japan's Idemitsu Kosan plans to restart its 374,000 tpa naphtha-fed steam cracker in mid-May after its annual maintenance. Of the four naphtha-fed crackers that were ...
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