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(BASF) -- BASF developed E-por, a material which is based on a new formulation and is manufactured in a new production process. E-por is the first tough-elastic, crack-resistant foam which can be tran...
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -- China's Wanhua Industrial Group has agreed to buy 38% stake in Hungarian PVC maker BorsodChem for 140 million euros ($171.3 million). BorsodChem will use the funding to complete th...
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SAMARA (LUKOIL) - LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov and The Governor of Samara oblast Vladimir Artyakov signed the agreement about collaboration between The Company and oblast. According to the documen...
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MOSCOW (MRC) - To late June prices for low density polyethylene went down by RUB 1.500 - 2.000/mt comparing with the beginning of the month and froze in the range of RUB 57.000 - 59.000/mt - according...
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KEMEROVO (SIBUR) -- Kemerovo oblast governor Aman Tuleev and SIBUR President Dmitriy Konov inked the agreement about social-economic collaboration in 2010. According to the document, SIBUR is going to...
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(LUKOIL) -- On June 28 in Moscow headquarters LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov and BP CEO Tony Hayward discussed the prospects of possible collaboration of the companies in Russian territory and beyon...
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(plastemart) -- Borouge has formally signed three major Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts valued at approximately US$2.6 bln for its Borouge 3 strategic expansion in Ruwais, Ab...
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(plastemart) -- Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp. has rescheduled a 40-45 day maintenance shutdown from September to mid August at its No. 2 ethylene plant. The change has been made to adjust to a ...
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(Kommersant) -- US ConocoPhillips will remain LUKOIL stockholder in the next future. "I don't think it will happen soon. They will hardly decide to sell such a big stake. As a stockholders, they are i...
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LONDON (ICIS news) -- SolVin and Arkema will separate from their joint ventures in vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production in France and Spain, the companies said on Frida...
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MOSCOW (INTERFAX) -- Plant fire at petrochemicals stock in Fanshan region in southwestern part of Beijing started on Tuesday morning. Fire fight lasts six hours already with over 100 fire trucks of Fa...
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(plastemart) -- Thailand's largest oil and gas firm PTT is in the process of outlining a 20 year investment plan. Expected to be completed before August, it will be submitted to PTT's Board of Directo...
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(plastemart) -- Egyptian HDPE producer SIDPEC is planning a 2-3 week maintenance shutdown in H2-July. In a bid to ease supply concerns in the market where high MI HDPE injection availability has been ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) - Ukrainian polypropylene (PP) market gradually returns to pre-crisis level. Estimated PP consumption in Ukraine over the course of January - May 2010 16% increased comparing with same pe...
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(prw) -- BASF believes its plastics division will outperform the global market's predicted 5% annual growth, due largely to the company's activities in Asia and its focus on speciality grades. ⌠Last y...
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(plastemart) -- State-owned Indian Oil Corp. plans to export polymers into Pakistan by rail or road across the Punjab border, from its plant in Panipat. In an unprecedented move, buyers in Pakistan wi...
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(PlasticsToday) -- "Developing technological applications for future electronics" is the primary mission of a new research facility set up by Bayer MaterialScience in Singapore. Using self-developed m...
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MOSCOW (LUKOIL) -- In Moscow Annual LUKOIL general stockholder meeting took place. Annual Company report 2009 was adopted and accountant report by the results of the last financial year. Stockholders ...
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24 June 2010 10:57 [Source: ICIS news]SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Here is Thursday's end-of-day Asia oil and chemical market summary from ICIS.CRUDE: Aug WTI $76.24/bbl, down11 cents BRENT: Aug $76.16/bbl...
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SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Japanese benzene producer Nippon Oil has kept its Asia Contract Price (ACP) nomination similar to the company's June settlement price, a company source said on Thursday.The comp...
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