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The global market for bioplastics at almost 572,000 tons in 2010, is expected to increase to over 3.2 mln tons in 2015, for a 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41.4% as per a n...
A planned maintenance outage of Sasol’s ethylene unit to commence on September 24 will last through the middle of November. The outage is to allow for a large-scale turnaround, that will ...
3B the fibreglass company, a leading manufacturer of fibreglass products has recently launched applications that demonstrate how sustainability is driving innovation and growth based on t...
Oil prices dipped below US$75 a barrel in New York after an unexpected increase in crude stockpiles that raised concerns of slowing economic growth. The Energy Department reported stockpi...
Polyethylene supplies are expected to be reduced in October, as some producers are faced with technical issues or production cuts at their facilities, as per Platts. These include Middle ...
Japan's Dia-Nitrix has made a minor amendment to the maintenance schedule for its 90,000 tpa acrylonitrile plant at Otake, as per Platts. The plant's smaller 15,000 tpa reactor has been s...
Import PP markets in Turkey and Egypt have been tracking a mainly stable trend since the beginning of September, with sellers maintaining their initial price levels despite slow market ac...
The month of September saw Polypropylene demand strengthen in Mexico’s domestic market, despite the offer price increases of 2.5 cents/lb over August levels, as per Platts. As per c...
OIL Restart of the Enbridge pipeline, which carries Canadian crude into the US, has led to a fall in crude oil in the week of September 20,...
Asian naphtha price rose to a one-week high on Tuesday, cracks touched a five-session high and intermonth contango narrowed for the second straight-session despite the weak fundamentals, ...
Portuguese compounding company Cabopol has commenced production of biodegradable compounds at its Porto de Mós facility, with technology from compounding systems specialist Coperion. Biod...
The Government crackdown against this sector could result in Thailand losing some of its appeal as a petrochemicals investment destination. The Thai government has decided to include part...
In a bid to cater to increasing demand from Western India, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has shortlisted the Lote Parshuram area in coastal Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, f...
As housing figures were revealed in USA and the market awaits outcome of the US Federal Reserve policy meet for possible new polices to boost economic growth, crude oil prices dipped. Oil...
Ineos has declared force majeure on polyethylene supplies coming from its 1.75 billion lbs/year PE plant at Battleground, Texas site, as per Platts. Ineos communicated that the declaratio...
Polyolefin markets in West Europe continue to remain tight due to the lasting effects of lack of spending on maintenance, as per ICIS. By late 2008, petrochem makers saw an extreme shortn...
The largest of state-owned CPC Corp Taiwan's three naphtha crackers should resume full operations within a few weeks after shutting down because of Typhoon Fanapi, as per Reuters. The 450...
In Asia, LDPE film continues to trade at a premium when compared with LLDPE film and HDPE film, as per Chemorbi. Most sources attribute this ongoing relative strength to comparatively tig...
Vestolen A RELY family of tough, sustainable and cost-effective bimodal high-density polyethylene (HDPE) materials for pressure pipe applications introduced by Sabic. The SABIC® Vestolen ...
Iran is to halt export of petrochemical products, following the implementation of a program to boost gasoline production in petrochemical plants. Deputy Oil Minister Abdolhossein Bayat ex...
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