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(borealisgroup) -- Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announced a price increase by EUR 100/tonne for all polyethylene and polypropylene types for January, 201...
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(lyondellbasell) -- LyondellBasell has announced that it would shut down two polypropylene (PP) lines in Wesseling, Germany, by mid-2012. The lines, with a combined capacity of 90 KT per year, are amo...
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(indorama) -- With effect from Jan 1, 2012, Thai polyethylene terephthalate (PET) producer Indorama Ventures (IVL), has merged two of its subsidiaries in Poland into a single entity, Indorama Ventures...
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(chemmonitor) -- Huayu Rubber Co., Ltd (China) shut down a 80,000 ton/year butadiene rubber facility at Heze, Shandong province for Jan 2012 due to high feedstock costs. Butadiene costs went too high...
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(ICIS) -- China's Befar Group has shut its 80,000 tonne/year propylene oxide (PO) line in Shandong because of mechanical problems, a company source said on Friday.The unexpected shutdown occurred on 2...
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(ICIS)--Sinopec Beihai Petrochemical has started up its new 5m tonne/year refinery at Beihai in Guangxi and will offer oil products from next month, a company source said on Friday.The company also pl...
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(ICIS) -- Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), the biggest plastics group in Taiwan, will complete the construction of 50,000 tonnes/year isobutylene isoprene rubber (IIR) plant at Ningbo of Zhejiang provinc...
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Dear friends! MRC is wishing you happy New Year and Merry Christmas! May each day of the New Year bring happiness, good cheer and sweet surprises to you and all your dear ones!Sincerely yours MRC. ...
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(bbc.co.uk) -- Turkey has given permission for the South Stream gas pipeline to be built across its territories, giving the project a clear run into the lucrative energy markets of Europe.The pipeline...
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(plasticsnews) -- The Canberra-based Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) is inviting submissions from industry into whether anti-dumping measures, implemented to stop Japanese man...
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(chemmonitor) -- Recently, the investigations conducted by the European Union in regard to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) products supplied from the countries of the Middle East to the EU were stop...
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(chemmonitor) -- Current instability in US economic situation and the debt of the EU entailed negative outlook for North America styrene market. Styrene market consumers are very cautious about the p...
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(perstorp) -- Joint venture agreement was signed between Perstorp & PTT Global Chemical Public Company Ltd. (PTTGC) for the global production and specialty chemicals sales for the polyurethane industr...
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(Acron) -- JSC Acron (Russia) plans to start up a new ammonia unit in late 2014.The company concluded an agreement with Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) on the design of the facility.The ammonia unit is proje...
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(ICIS) -- While the European styrenics market still faces some obstacles, a swathe of new derivative capacities starting up in 2012 and a robust expandable polystyrene (EPS) sector are keeping players...
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(ICIS) -- Following on from an erratic 12 months, 2012 is expected to contain more uncertainty for European aromatics players.With many unwilling to commit to building stocks in a precarious economic ...
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(ICIS) -- China's polyvinyl chloride (PVC) import prices are likely to rebound next year on the back of tight supply, but the gains may be undermined by weak downstream demand and a bearish global eco...
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(Reuters) -- Iran's threat to stop the flow of oil from the Gulf supported crude prices on Wednesday and put world shares on the back foot.Tehran said on Tuesday it would stop oil transiting through ...
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(Reuters) -- Iran's threat to stop the flow of oil from the Gulf supported crude prices on Wednesday and put world shares on the back foot, while looming Italian debt auctions hampered the euro.Tehra...
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(commodityonline) -- The consumption of synthetic Rubber by the India's auto tyre industry declined by 5% to 24,010 tonnes in September 2011 against 25,323 tonnes same period last year, according to d...
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