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March 25 (Borealis) -- Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces the nomination of H.E. Khadem Al Qubaisi, Managing Director of the International Petroleum ...
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March 25 (ICIS news)--A deluge of new ethylene capacities, led by Shell's massive 800,000 tonnes/year mixed feed cracker in Singapore, could ease the cost pressure on ethylene-based polyvinyl chlori...
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March 24 (Reuters) -- State oil giant Saudi Aramco and U.S. firm Dow Chemical are considering relocating their planned giant petrochemical complex to Jubail, industry sources said on Wednesday. When A...
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March 24 (China Knowledge) -- Taiwan-based Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp, one of the four largest units of the Formosa Plastics Group, announced Friday that its net profit increased fourfold to NT$29...
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March 24 (plasteurope) -- Operating profit of polyolefins group Borealis sank 85% to EUR 24m in 2009. Net income of EUR 38m (EUR 239m) was diminished by nearly the same margin. The poor full-year figu...
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March 24 (yarnsandfibers) -- Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Wednesday that it has successfully started up its new ethylene plant at Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex in Singapore on schedule. The plant...
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March 24 (plastemart) -- 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...
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MOSCOW (MRC) - Prices for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in Russia, Europe and Asia remain flat in view of weak demand and surplus supply - according to MRC Price Report.Since the beginning of Febru...
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March 23 (plasteurope) -- The new olefine and polyolefine complex operated by Borouge is set to begin operations in mid-2010, as planned. The joint venture between Borealis and the Abu Dhabi National ...
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March 23 (plasteurope) -- Dow Europe has announced that it will raise the prices of all its plastomers and elastomers products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. The hike of EUR 100/t will ...
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March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Formosa Plastics Corp., the world's second-biggest maker of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was told by the Taiwanese government to curb pollution at a plant or it may be fined.Tests ...
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March 23 (prw) -- Lithuanian chemicals group UAB Achema is reported to be a contender in the bidding to take over Anwil, the PVC and fertiliser arm of Poland's leading oil refiner PKN Orlen.Vilnius-ba...
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March 22 (plastemart) -- HMC Polymers will inaugurate its PP plant in Map Ta Phut after capacity expansion in Q2-10. Annual polypropylene production capacity has been increased by 300,000 tons in addi...
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March 22 (plastemart) -- The Development Bank of Kazakhstan, which was to finance a US$6 billion natural-gas chemical plant has decided to delay the funding as the project's strategic partner, Lyondel...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Over the course of January-February, HDPE imports in Russia went up by more than 1.5 times (to 26.59 kt) compared to the same period last year - according to MRC DataScope Report.Impor...
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March 22 (plasteurope) -- As of 1 April 2010, Dow Europe will raise the prices of its polyethylene resins across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. Whereas LDPE will cost an additional EUR 80/...
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March 22 (plastemart) -- Plant contractor Hyundai plans to hand over a 150,000 tpa polypropylene plant in Dung Quat oil refinery complex to the investor PetroVietnam. About 99.4% of construction has b...
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March 19 (plastemart) -- An unspecified problem has compelled a sudden shutdown at Haldia Petrochemicals' newly revamped 676,000 tpa naphtha cracker. The duration of the shutdown is not certain.HPL re...
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March 19 (plastemart) -- Saudi Aramco is mulling a change in the location of its US$17 bln petrochemicals complex planned at the Gulf port of Ras Tanura, as per Meed. The company is faced with major d...
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March 19 (plastemart) -- Technical issues have pushed INEOS to declare force majeure from its Grangemouth PP plant in the UK on 16 March. This has compounded an existing tight supply caused by shortag...
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