For Chinese solar manufacturers, the fourth quarter is the most important time for solar photovoltaic installations. It is then that Chinese vendors speed up deployment to meet the central government’s annual targets. The Chinese ...
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US-based petrochemical major, ExxonMobil Chemical said it is increasing production of its high performance hydrocarbon fluids, which are used in aromatics industry, by about 10 percent through expansion at its Singapore and Antwerp plants. ...
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NYSE-listed and global manufacturer of chemicals and petrochemicals, LyondellBasell, said it is assessing further ethylene capacity expansion feasibility at its petrochemical plant in Channelview, Texas. LyondellBasell said it is ...
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Carbon Holdings, a company based in Egypt, engaged in developing petrochemical plants and projects, is planning to set up a petrochemical project named Tahir, at a cost of US$ 7 billion, in Ain Sokhna town in Egypt, ahram online reported. ...
After failing to get South Korean LG Chemicals on board as a technology partner for its Kochi-based petrochemical project, Indian public sector refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) said it will buy outright, the critical ...
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Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
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UK-based polythene bag manufacturer Duo UK will produce bags using a thermoplastic resin which is made entirely from sugarcane ethanol for international polymer distribution company Resin Trade. The mailing bags called Green PE have been ...
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Duo UK has become the first manufacturer in the UK to offer 100% recyclable polythene mailing bags made from completely renewable sources. The company has been selected by polymer distribution company Resin Trade to produce mailing bags ...
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NYSE-listed CB&I’s proprietary Olefins Conversion Technology (OCT) has been chosen by China’s Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd to set up a petrochemical plant which will produce polymer grade propylene. CB&I said it ...
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a methanol plant in Ibom State last week. The methanol plant, to be constructed at a cost of US$ 1.5 billion, is being set up by Quantum ...
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Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company (MPHC) through a statement has clarified that it has no contractual relationship with MSCI Inc. nor does MSCI Inc. coordinate with MPHC on any of it’s matters. MSCI had earlier through a press ...
In the wake of deadly gas pipeline explosions that rocked Kaohsiung in the last week of July, the Taiwanese Government is mulling a proposal to set up a special zone for petrochemical companies in Greater Kaohsiung. Premier Jiang Yi-huah ...
For the first half of 2014, Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical Company has announced a dividend of Baht 1.37 per share to existing shareholders. The dividend payout amounts to Baht 6,191 million or 50 percent of the net profits for the ...
Swedish integrated olefins and polyolefins producer, Borealis, has inked a 10-year deal with Antero Resources to supply ethane from the US for its flexible steam cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden. Alongside, Borealis has also signed a ...
Operating loss figures were splashed in red in the results for the second-quarter of 2014 ending June 2014 at SK Innovation, South Korea’s foremost and world’s leading energy and petrochemical company. In the period April to ...
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