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(Plastemart) -- Talks are underway between Saudi Arabia and India over the anti-dumping dumping duties levied on polyethylene (PE) imports by India, the chief executive of Saudi Basic Industries Corp ...
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(Plastemart) -- Reconstruction is to complete in early 2011 on the oil and petrochemicals terminal in Malaysia's Tanjung Langsat Port, as per Platts. The port was shut following a fire in August 2008....
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(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan's energy demand fell for the first time in more than a year after the island's biggest petrochemical maker shut plants for routine maintenance and unscheduled repairs.Combined co...
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(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- Oman Polypropylene Company has shut down its polypropylene plant located in its facility in Sohar, Oman, for two weeks, according to a source close to the company. A shortage ...
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(Azom) -- SABIC Innovative Plastics developed Geloy XTW resin, a high-end acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate (ASA) resin that has become the standard for excellence in co-extruded window profiles, gutters...
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(Plastemart) -- Talks are underway between Grangemouth refinery owner Ineos and Chinese giant PetroChina. The two have been negotiating a possible deal for at least a year. Discussions are expected to...
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(ICIS) -- Growth in the EU's chemicals industry will slow to 2.5% in 2011 after a recovery of 10% this year as domestic demand remains below pre-crisis levels, chemical industry association Cefic said...
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(DSM) -- DSM Engineering Plastics has announced its intention to increase prices for its Akulon PA6 and PA66 compounds. This increase, which will be effective immediately, is to offset continued escal...
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(Milliken) -- Milliken is now launching a version of the additive that is specifically aimed at extrusion-blow moulding, Millad NX8500E. ⌠With this new innovative grade, transparency in extrusion blow...
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(Downstream Today) -- Celanese Corp., a global technology and specialty materials company and a North American leader in Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) polymers, announced Thursday that its subsidiary, ...
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(Bloomberg) -- The European Union threatened to impose tariffs on a chemical from the U.S. used in paints and paper coatings to curb import competition for Ineos Oxide Ltd.The EU opened an inquiry int...
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(PSG) -- Socar Trading plans to expand its trading presence in Asia into fuel oil and naphtha next year. This would imply leasing storage capacities in Singapore.The Azeri state-owned oil trader will ...
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(Borealis) -- Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, has received the Frost & Sullivan 2010 Global New Product Innovation Award in the category Automotive under th...
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(Borealis) -- Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announces a net profit of EUR 54 million for the third quarter of 2010. The result exceeds the performance in ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- In November the volume of high-density polyethylene imports to the Russian market expectedly reduced by 18% and moved at 28,7 KT, according to MRC DataScope. In October shutdowns of pr...
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(Bloomberg) -- Dow Chemical Co., the world's second- biggest chemical company, plans to use more ethane to make plastics and may form a venture to separate it from natural gas because of low U.S. pric...
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(ICIS) -- European polyethylene (PE) producers are already talking of January price increases even before December discussions get fully under way, sources said on Monday. ⌠Cracker margins are squeeze...
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(Plastemart) -- Thailand's IRPC plans to build a 160,000 tpa propylene plant by 2014, subject to board approval, as per Platts. The location and the value of the project are not known.The new plant wi...
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(Press TV) -- Iran's non-oil exports have reached $20.30 billion in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to November 21). Iranian Customs Administration Director Ardes...
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(Gulf Times) -- Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) has opened its new representative office in Istanbul, Turkey. Qapco director and general manager Dr Mohamed Yousef al-Mulla reiterated the importanc...
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