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Several producers in Southeast Asia have announced their initial April offers for both PP and PE to the regional market, with significant decreases. As per Chemorbis, in the PP market, a ...
This week’s latest reports have shown a rise in crude oil inventories in USA, intensifying concerns of a demand recovery in industrialized nations as Europe struggles to manage Greece's d...
A materials patent has been granted for an electrically conductive polymer, ElectroPhen to cleantech materials startup Bac2. In its raw state, ElectroPhen is one billion times more conduc...
A new material made from cooking oil and polymer is used to produce a roof coating that morphs its optical properties – reflecting the sun’s rays on hot days and absorbing the rays when i...
Naphtha prices command a respectable premium over crude oil prices. However, these premiums shrunk during the recession and could narrow again as naphtha supplies are forecast to increase...
Production at Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical Corp's ethylene facility was at a standstill for a period of two months. The ethylene facility was shut for regular maintenance and equipment r...
CRUDE OIL Crude oil prices ended the week of March 22, 2010 at a weaker note. Towards the end of the week, oil prices fell by over US$1.50-...
Two Asian PVC producers have announced their new PVC k67-68 offers to China for April, indicating rollovers. As per Chemorbis, a major Taiwanese producer announced new offers at US$1040/...
Inside China, domestic offers for many polymer products deteriorated throughout March as slower-than-expected post-holiday demand burdened many sellers with excess stock levels which they...
Formosa Plastics Group, claims to have taken steps to control pollution found in groundwater at its Jenwu plant site in Kaohsiung County, adding that the contamination had not spread. Te...
Latin America's largest petrochemicals company - Braskem, is mulling the option of a second plant to produce polyethylene from sugar cane-based ethanol, upon completion of the first plant...
PTT Group's polymer marketing arm- PTT Polymer Marketing, has made a downward revision of its revenue target for 2010 from Bt71 bln to Bt50 bln due to the suspension of PTT's sixth gas-se...
In an ongoing effort to mirror the ability of biological tissues to respond rapidly and appropriately to changing environments, scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medi...
Nanoparticles that successfully deliver RNA interference in cancer patients have been developed by US scientists. The team has created a nanoparticle drug that smuggles its RNA-interferin...
India’s state owned oil major GAIL India Ltd has sought assured natural gas supply from Qatar to set up a US$1.3 bln petrochemical plant with Reliance Industries in the gas-rich nation. L...
In Asia, spot styrene prices rose by US$30/ton FOB Korea over the past week in line with higher oil and benzene prices. As per Chemorbis, crude oil prices gained US$2.40/bbl in the last w...
Japan's naphtha imports for petrochemicals in February 2010 increased by 84% vs February 2009. Imports of naphtha for ethylene production amounted to 2,012,598 kilolitres (1,396,060 tons...
Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) has sold nearly 75,000-80,000 tons of spot naphtha for April lifting at premiums in the low US$20/ton above Middle East quotes on a free-on-board (FOB) basis. ...
2008 was a tough year for ethylene producers. Demand from key customers such as the construction and automotive sectors was poor as Western economies limped to recovery, as per ICIS. Marg...
Oil prices fell by over US$1.50- its largest one-day dip in three weeks, as the US dollar firmed against foreign currencies, negatively impacting investment flows into oil and other commo...
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