The use of bullet proof glasses gained prominence in World War II and since then they've been extensively used in government buildings, corporate offices, banks, shopping stores, post offices, churches and schools for security reasons. In ...
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European monoethylene glycol spot prices moved higher in the week to Friday as the turnaround season in Europe approaches and as Asian prices increased, sources said. FCA prices were assessed Friday Eur10/mt ($13.6/mt) higher on the week ...
Two billion tonnes of food never makes it on a plate – this was the headline that grabbed the nation’s attention mid-January, putting the food industry and its practices under the microscope again, re-igniting the debate on ...
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Japan based Showa Denko has reduced operating rates at its Naphtha Cracker plant. An official of Showa Denko informed fibre2fashion, “The plant is currently operating at 90% production capacity rate”. He further said, ...
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New paraxylene capacity of 2.6 million mt/year and benzene capacity of 820,000 mt/year will be built in Saudi Arabia over the next four years by Saudi Aramco, a source close to the state company said Tuesday. These aromatics capacities ...
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Western European production of ethylene, propylene and butadiene in the fourth quarter of 2012 was down from the same period of 2011, according to the Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe this week. Ethylene production in the ...
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LyondellBasell is dropping plans to expand a metathesis unit to boost propylene production at its Channelview, Texas, facility, and will instead focus its efforts on debottlenecking projects at its ethylene units, company CEO Jim Gallogly ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,30 commodities increased in prices, 13 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 31/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.57%),Silver (1.24%),Zinc (0.72%),while the largest ...
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LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings from continuing operations for the fourth quarter 2012 of $645 million, or $1.13 per share. Fourth-quarter 2012 EBITDA was $1,289 million. Full year 2012 income from continuing operations was ...
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Sumitomo Chemical has decided that it will close down an ethylene plant at its Chiba Works located in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, in or before September 2015 when the next periodic shutdown maintenance will take place, to reinforce the ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,28 commodities increased in prices, 15 fell and 57 remained unchanged on 30/01/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.35%),Zinc (1.34%),Mild steel plate (1.22%),while the ...
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Dunn-Edwards has introduced Acri-Wall, a professional, zero VOC, low-odor interior flat paint that is ideally suited for use on new residential, commercial and multi-tenant housing projects. Acri-Wall exhibits excellent touch-up and good ...
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Workers at SABIC's Geleen petrochemicals site in the Netherlands are proceeding to strike after failing to reach a new labor agreement with the management, company and union sources said Tuesday. SABIC has around 1,850 staff at Geleen, ...
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Commodity Sectors 01-28 01-29 Change PET Rubber & plastics 11300.00 11200.00 0.89% PTA Textile 8750.00 8700.00 0.57% Chloroform Chemical ...
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US polyethylene contracts settled 5 cents a pound higher for January, industry sources confirmed Monday. The 5 cents/lb increase matches the amount major US producers nominated last month and had been widely expected by market ...
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