Iran Daily reported planning manager of National Iranian Petrochemicals Company production of polymeric petrochemicals will amount to 12 million tonnes per annum by 2016. Mr Ramezan Oladi planning manager of NIPC said that Iran will ...
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The 11% increase in natural gas prices in Beijing implemented by the local government last week is an indication that the central government might soon unveil more gas pricing reforms, analysts said Tuesday. The Development and Reform ...
Asian solvent-grade mixed xylenes prices surged $22/mt week on week to a 53-month high of $1,260/mt CFR China Friday on firm demand and low inventory in China over the past three weeks, according to Platts data. The last time the marker ...
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The US Gulf Coast non-LST purity ethane assessment has fallen to its lowest level since August 2002, according to Platts data, a move attributed to increasing supplies form shale gas plays across the US. Ethane has fallen 68% on the ...
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Pipeline safety and cybersecurity will top the list of priorities for the American Gas Association in 2013, Ron Jibson, the incoming AGA chairman, said Friday. The US group will have a new emphasis on cybersecurity, said Jibson, the ...
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US coal production in the week ended Saturday totaled about 19.2 million st, 9.7% below that of the comparable week in 2011 and about 4.1% below the prior week, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday. The agency, which bases ...
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Dow Corning Corp. announced sales of $4.64 billion and net income of $288 million through the first three quarters of 2012. Dow Corning's year-to-date sales and net income were down 5 percent and 47 percent, respectively, compared to 2011 ...
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The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract settled 15.3 cents lower at $3.648/MMBtu Thursday, after weekly figures from the US Energy Information Administration showed an unexpected storage injection. "Two things have pushed the price ...
Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim posted Tuesday a second consecutive increase in its list prices, industry sources said. It followed a similar announcement last week. Low density polyethylene and high density PE film prices were ...
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Spot prices for European low density polyethylene firmed this week, driven by dialed-down operating rates, sources said. "The only firm offer we got so far this week was from Turkey at Eur1,300/mt ($1,682/mt) FCA Aliaga," a trader said. ...
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South Korea's largest ethylene producer, Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Center, said Thursday its net profit dropped 40% year on year to Won 144.7 billion ($133.5 million) for the first nine months of the year, compared with Won 241.3 billion a ...
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Combined coal stocks at six major power plants in eastern and southern China averaged 13.777 million mt/day in the week ended Tuesday, up 0.5% from the previous seven-day period, Qinhuangdao Port said Thursday in a weekly report. The ...
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Germany's chemical trade surplus in September fell 4.7% year on year to Eur2.74 billion ($3.52 billion) as the value of exports fell faster than imports, an analysis of detailed data from statistics agency Destatis showed Thursday. ...
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Coal consumption in the South and East of China will reach 880 million mt/year by 2015, up by about 300 million mt from the current level, according to a consultancy report Friday. Most of the increase in consumption will be met by ...
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Demand for high impact polystyrene in Asia has fallen over the past one month on plunging acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene prices, making it more attractive than HIPS for many customers, Asian HIPS producers said this week. ABS is a ...
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