Hyundai Cosmo (HC) Petrochemical Ltd. is operating its Daesan, South Korea-based No.2 aromatics plant at reduced rate. “The No. 2 aromatics plant is running at 80 percent operating rates due to lower Mixed Xylene (MX) – ...
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Air Liquide Group, the world's largest industrial gas producer by revenue, has launched the second phase of its investment program, called Tengfei II, in China this year. The program caters to the country's growing demand for oxygen, ...
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Braskem announces results for the second quarter. Net Revenue In 2Q13, Braskem’s consolidated net revenue was US$4.6 billion, similar to the previous quarter. In Brazilian real, net revenue amounted to R$9.5 billion, increasing 2% ...
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Bolivia will be exporting petrochemicals and petrochem products to its neighboring countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Peru. Bolivia’s state owned petro-chemical company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) ...
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Asahi Kasei Group announces results for 1st quarter fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. Overview of Consolidated Results 1. Consolidated group results Although the US economy showed signs of recovery with improving employment during the ...
Ethanol processed from corn and other plants could serve as the new sustainable raw material for a huge variety of products, including textiles, which are currently made from petrochemical products. Ethanol which is further processed ...
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated the process to set up a polypropylene and polyethylene plant in the Koko Free Trade Zone (FTZ) by appointing a team for preliminary site inspection. This was disclosed by the Delta state ...
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Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a project management and consultancy (PMC) services contract by the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability ...
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Transparency Market Research (TMR) has released a report on acrylic acid. Acrylic acid is a colorless organic compound derived by the oxidation of propylene. It is the simplest carboxylic acid that exists in a polymerized form and has a ...
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The South Korea based Lotte Chemical is operating its Yeosu-based monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at reduced rates. “The MEG plant is operating at 40 percent operating rates due to weak demand and lower prices of MEG,” a ...
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Dialight,the innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, recently unveiled its next generation LED Linear fixture, the most efficient solution of its kind for Class I Div 2 certified hazardous applications such as on- and offshore ...
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Asian styrene monomer prices rose $8/mt from Wednesday's assessment, with Thursday morning pegs assessed at $1,808.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,837.50/mt CFR China amid market talk that Saudi Petrochemical Co, or Sadaf, has shut its 580,000 ...
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Stirred by improving financial condition of developed countries, as global demand for petrochemical products is rising, Iran has launched or is working to launch several new projects to boost its petrochemical strength to cash in on the ...
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South African-based Sasol and Switzerland-based Ineos will team up to produce high density polyethylene in the US, the companies said Wednesday, announcing plans for a joint venture which would include a 426,000 mt/year HDPE plant. "This ...
Certification systems for verifying the sources of biobased raw materials and their content in finished products are already operating in the agriculture and food sectors in Europe. Now they are beginning to be introduced into the ...
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