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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Russian producers keep on increasing polypropylene (PP) output. At the end of QI overall volume of production grew by 3% and made 168 KT, according to MRC ScanPlast. In March PP produ...
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(Plastemart) -- The Dow Chemical has inked a joint development deal with OPX Biotechnologies to devise a commercial scale procedure for manufacturing of bio-based acrylic acid utilizing a fermentable...
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(Plastemart) -- German engineering firm Ferrostaal AG plans to build a petrochemical plant in West Papua at a cost of USD 900 mln. ⌠The investment is about USD 900 million but it can change depending...
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(Reuters) - Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp has reduced runs at its 2.93 mln tonnes per year (tpy) naphtha cracking complex to around 90-95 percent from full-tilt due to weak petrochemical margins...
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(ICIS) -- Celanese declared force majeure (FM) on US vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) because of a disruption at a Texas plant of a critical supplier, the company told customers in a letter on Monday. Comb...
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(ICIS) -- Surging acetic acid feedstock costs and strong demand will likely continue to propel ethyl acetate (etac) spot prices higher in Asia and break the record high of USD 1.200/tonne (EUR840/tonn...
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(ICIS) -- Low density polyethylene (LDPE) prices in Europe have slipped from their record highs of above EUR 1.500/tonne (USD 2.174/tonne), but market players do not expect values to crash as crude oi...
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(ICIS) -- US propylene contracts for April will likely rise by 15 cents/lb (USD 331/tonne, EUR 228/tonne), market sources said on Friday, citing the initial contracts that have already settled at that...
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(ICIS) -- China's ethylene (C2) production in March jumped 25.4% year on year to 1.36 m tonnes, bringing its total first-quarter output of the material to 3.95 m tonnes, official statistics showed on ...
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(Plastemart) -- As it seeks expansion and revenue growth in Asia, Honam Petrochemical Corp. has planned to buy out minority shareholders in subsidiary KP Chemical Corp. this year. KP Chemical, which i...
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(Plastemart) -- The Punjab Government has decided to strictly implement The Punjab Plastic Bags (Manufacture, Usage and Disposal) Control Act', prohibiting the manufacture, disposal and usage of polye...
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(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has slashed Asian Contract Prices (ACP) of mono ethylene glycol (MEG) for May to USD 1.300 per tonne, a USD 100 decrease compared to...
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(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)'s director of Technical Affairs, Dr. Samir Elkareish, says effective steps to avoid a future oil crisis must be ...
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(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) is estimated to have made US$70 billion in investments to date according to its director. Abdul Aziz Jassim Al Muftah said that the c...
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(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- Qatargas has confirmed additional LNG volumes equivalent to sixty conventional LNG cargoes to Japan, demonstrating its commitment to support its long-term Japanese customers. ...
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(ICIS) -- Polyethylene (PE) prices in Europe this month are stable to slightly higher compared with March, but buying remains cautious as consumers wait for price levels to ease in the coming weeks, s...
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(Trend) -- Azerkimya Production Unit of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) commissioned the Surface-active Substances Plant after the repair work, SOCAR said on Friday.The plant's work was su...
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(Plastics Today) -- A. Schulman is adding a fourth production line to its 2010 Brazilian acquisition, Mash Compostos Plasticos, boosting annual capacity at the plant by 8 to 10 million lb to a total a...
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(ICIS) -- Polypropylene (PP) prices in the Middle East will likely remain firm and even increase in May, buoyed by short availability of the material, with two major suppliers due to shut plants for t...
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(ICIS) -- US-based Dow Chemical increased its dividend by 67%, the company said on Thursday, the first increase since 2009 when the company was contending with a series of crises. The increase will br...
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