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Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) will be the principal sponsor of ArabPlast 2011, the Middle East's largest trade show for rubber, plastics and petrochemicals, which will be held in Du...
Market players in India report better demand for most polymer products following the Diwali holidays as buyers return to the market to replenish stocks, as per Chemorbis. With demand beg...
CB&I has signed an agreement with SABIC Americas to jointly develop and commercialize toluene methylation technology. Toluene methylation is used to selectively produce paraxylene within ...
Qatar has inaugurated Q-Chem II - a petrochemicals plant with a production capacity of about 700,000 tpa of polyethylene and olefins at Masaeed industrial city. The plant has been built a...
South Korea's number two ethylene maker Honam Petrochemical has acquired 72.3% stake in Malaysia's Titan Chemicals as per Platts. Honam completed a payment of Won 1.1 trillion ($990 milli...
A wide spread decline in regional stocks amid a strong dollar has been followed by a fall in oil prices. Light sweet crude for December delivery was traded at US$86.5 a barrel at noon Sin...
Russian petrochemicals producer Sibur has started production of ethyl-benzene, styrene and expandable polystyrene at its new site in Perm, as per Platts. The site, which has been upgraded...
Japan Polypropylene Corp. plans to permanently shut two PP plants - The Kashima plant with capacity of 90,000 tpa will be shutdown in May 2011, and the 79,000 tpa Goi plant will be shutdo...
Naphtha prices in Asia inched up to stay at its highest level in over two years on Tuesday, and naphtha cracks slipped to near four-week lows on a temporary buying lull from petrochemica...
For Brückner, the K 2010 has been the highlight of a very special year: The company has celebrated its 50th anniversary and hit the road to the largest total order quantity ever. Several ...
Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Corp plans to conduct planned maintenance at its three naphtha crackers in 2011, as per Reuters, probably between May and July. Kashima 1, with capacity to pr...
Maruzen Petrochemical Co Ltd plans to skip scheduled maintenance on its sole naphtha cracker in 2011, with capacity to produce 480,000 tpa of ethylene as per Reuters. The company's Keiyo ...
Plastic injection molding machine (also known as injection molding machine or injection machine) accounts for the largest share- 40% in China and 50-80% in Germany, Japan and the USA - in...
South Korea's SK Energy plans to restart its No. 1 naphtha-fed steam cracker at Ulsan on November 20 as per Platts. The steam cracker has capacity to produce 200,000 tpa of ethylene and 1...
Most naphtha crackers in Asia, with downstream derivatives, continue to operate at near full capacity or higher, thanks to a firm integrated margin, as per ICIS. However, sentiment may tu...
Open spec naphtha prices for H2 December have reached US$799/mt- their highest level since Sept. 26 2008. Naphtha prices in Asia extended gains to reach their highest level in over two ye...
US steam cracker margins surged this week in line with ethylene which saw notable gains on the back of production outages, as per Platts. Despite strong ethane values, spot ethylene price...
In China, after PVC sellers wrapped up their November business with increases of US$10/ton from October, Asian producers re-emerged with further increases on December import offers to the...
Amidst the noticeable price hikes for November, players in Italy’s PP and PS markets report that buyers are generally interested in the offers closer to the low end of the spot ranges, as...
The recycling rate of polyethylene terephthalate increased 28% in 2009 making it the six consecutive year of gains in the United States´ recycling rate, as per The National Association fo...
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