Japan-based JFE Chemicals has reduced the production rates at its benzene plant. “We are currently operating the benzene plant at 70 percent of production capacity,” a JFE Chemicals official told fibre2fashion. He ...
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With its outstanding light transmission properties and optical clarity,Master Bond UV15 is widely used for a variety of bonding,coating and sealing applications in the optical,electronic and optoelectronic industries.This epoxy based UV ...
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China has taken delivery of around 88,000 mt of Iranian LPG in June after a break of four months, as the Islamic republic extends exports to North Asia in its attempts to circumvent sanctions aimed at preventing it from exporting oil ...
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Negotiations for the July Asian Contract Price for paraxylene have drawn buyers to make a counterbid of $1,300/mt CFR on Wednesday, almost $200/mt lower than sellers' nominations, sources close to the negotiations said. There are four ACP ...
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The Mediterranean gasoline July cargo swap has risen to a premium to the July Eurobob barge swap, as lack of availability of prompt cargoes in the Mediterranean supports the market, trading sources said Wednesday. The bullish ...
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China's Shanghai Futures Exchange is hoping its new asphalt futures contract -- to be launched next month -- will revive interest in oil trading on the bourse, after activity on its fuel oil contract fizzled out, Zhang Zheng, SHFE's ...
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One of the longest-running energy infrastructure sagas in recent history has finally reached its conclusion after the BP-led consortium that operates the giant Shah Deniz field offshore Azerbaijan snubbed the Nabucco West pipeline in favor ...
US Gulf Coast propane stocks have grown 3.61 million barrels in the first three weeks of June, roughly four times the amount that was added to storage in the comparable period of 2012, Energy Information Administration data showed ...
Israel Corp is considering splitting into two companies, the holding company which holds a majority stake in Bazan Group and Israel Chemicals, said on Wednesday. The statement to the Tel Aviv Stock exchange said that its board of ...
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US spot benzene reached a 10-month low assessment Tuesday at $4.17/gal ($1,246.83/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast. Spot benzene was last assessed below this level on August 29, 2012 at $4.16/gal FOB USG. Since then, benzene prices have risen as ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,11 commodities increased in prices, 42 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 25/06/2013.The largest rises were Acrylic acid (0.85%),Cobalt (0.48%),PA (0.33%),while the largest ...
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Borealis said Tuesday it would invest Eur65 million ($85.4 million) to upgrade the Borstar PE2 (polyethylene2) plant technology to the third generation, extending the Borstar PE platform at its production site in Porvoo, Finland. "This ...
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Oil and gas company Total has developed a new bimodal high density polyethylene, XSene 55060, to address the demands of the industrial packaging market. The next generation 55060 is based on the company's XSene technology and has been ...
The CFR China phenol price was mostly hovering below producers' breakeven costs for the last eight months due to high supply and weak demand, and there was little chance for respite with new capacity coming on stream. This is just the ...
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The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has named Connie Howe senior manager, technical services to oversee its technically oriented programming including short courses, Training Academy, and Advanced Technology Link. Howe will also serve as ...