Everyone knows the stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones. Innovation happens when people look at their surroundings in new ways. The checkoff helps manufacturers innovate with U.S. soy by supporting research and development of ...
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European prices for polyethylene terephthalate have fallen to their lowest levels since August 2010 according to Platts data, and many sources expect further declines in March. The falls were driven primarily by import competition and ...
Argentine polymer and synthetic rubber output rose 4.3% in January compared with the year-earlier period, state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals fell 5.4% in January compared with December, Indec ...
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Foster Wheeler AG announced that its board of directors has recommended the payment of a cash dividend of $0.40 per registered share, subject to approval by the company's shareholders at the company's annual general meeting, to be held on ...
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BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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Spot prices for delivered cargoes of North Sea propane have increased on renewed buying from the petrochemicals sector, according to industry sources. In the early part of this month the spot price of CIF North Sea propane was just above ...
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UAE-based steel producer Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) has announced its financial results for 2013, stating that its sales revenues amounted to AED 6.5 billion ($ 1.8 billion), almost eight percent higher than 2012, despite sluggish ...
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European imports of polyethylene terephthalate shot up by over 30% in 2013, according to Eurostat data published this week, and market participants believe that the specter of imports continues to loom over European producers. From ...
Indian refiner Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd is close to completing the long-drawn-out third phase of its expansion project, which will see a new petroleum fluid catalytic cracker and delayed coker unit come onstream at its 15 ...
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Octal Petrochemicals will establish a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) cups and trays for dairy and poultry industries. The project is estimated to cost around $20m and once ...
US refiner Phillips 66 will move forward with $3 billion plans to build a natural gas liquids fractionator and an LPG export terminal in Texas, the company said Friday. The 100,000 b/d "Sweeny Fractionator One" will be located in Old ...
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The exports of petrochemicals from GCC countries of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE is expected to increase, once the Bali Package is ratified by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council later this year, ...
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The spot price for FOB butane barges in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region have remained weak since the beginning of the year on poor demand, industry sources said Thursday. In winter, butane barges from ARA refineries are used for ...
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Alfa Laval–a world leader in heat transfer,centrifugal separation and fluid handling–has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to an integrated refinery-petrochemical complex in the Middle East. The ...
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Argentine polymer and synthetic rubber output fell 4.6% in December compared with the year-ago period, state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of the petrochemicals rose 0.6% in December compared with November, and was down ...
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