Indorama Ventures PCL, Thailand, plans to expand its annual U.S. polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production capacity by 540,000 metric tons at an undisclosed brownfield location. The expansion is expected to be completed in the fourth ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,25 commodities increased in prices, 20 fell and 54 remained unchanged on 18/12/2012.The largest rises were Iron ore (2.54%),PTA (1.19%),Rebar (1.00%),while the largest ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,13 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 64 remained unchanged on 21/12/2012.The largest rises were Polyester yarn (1.40%),Ethylene glycol (1.19%),Benzene ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,27 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 48 remained unchanged on 24/12/2012.The largest rises were Hydrochloric acid (1.86%),Palm Oil (0.95%),Wheat (0.92%),while ...
Tags: China, Commodities Price, chemicals, Chinese ecnomy
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,33 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 44 remained unchanged on 17/12/2012.The largest rises were SBR (3.36%),Iron ore (2.61%),Adipic acid (2.27%),while the ...
Tags: SBR, Iron ore, Adipic acid, Dysprosium oxide, Acrylic acid, Polysilicon
Pakistan and Bangladesh have ordered a block on YouTube in their countries, in protest against Google's reluctance to block a controversial movie trailer that mocks the Prophet Muhammad on the video-sharing site. Pakistani Prime Minister ...
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Japanese petrochemical majors are scouting overseas countries to set up petrochemical plants either on the own or in joint ventures. Big petrochemical companies like Sumitomo, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui & Co, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Ube ...
Lotte Pakistan PTA Ltd. (LOTPTA), a producer of pure terephthalic acid (PTA), is upgrading its plant to trim costs. LOTPTA Chief Executive Officer Asif Saad said the company launched commercial operations of a US$ 50 million power ...
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Teleflex has completed the acquisition of Hotspur Technologies, a developer of catheter-based technologies, for an up-front payment of $15m. The acquisition will add a new technology to Teleflex's product portfolio, which is designed ...
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Kapiri Glass Manufacturing Company chairman Costain Chilala said new machinery for the plant is expected to arrive in the country early next year. Mr Chilala said in an interview that all the preparations at the factory are going on has ...
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In addition to supplying paraxylene for the upcoming Mogilevkhimvolokno plant, being set up as part of the state run Belarus chemical company Belneftekhim, Kazakhstan is also likely to participate in the project. Addressing a press ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared r4 Vascular's high pressure Vector percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon catheters for treating vascular narrowings lesions and blockages. Patent pending Vector PTA ...
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C. R. Bard's Lutonix technology center has completed enrolling patients in its pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) LEVANT 2 trial, designed to evaluate Lutonix drug coated PTA dilatation catheter (DCB) as a treatment for ...
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Mogilevkhimvolokno, part of the state run Belarus chemical company Belneftekhim, will import paraxylene (PX) from Kazakhstan to manufacture polyester fibre, Belneftekhim has announced. Last month, a joint proposal was signed between ...
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Aluminium Bahrain BSC's pledge to continue strengthening its credentials as an environmentally friendly and energy efficient aluminium producer was bolstered with the recent upgrade of Pot Line5 from AP30 to AP36 technology. The upgrade ...
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