US spot refinery-grade propylene declined 0.75 cents/lb Thursday to reach a five-month low as propylene markets weaken, according to sources. Spot RGP was assessed at 58-58.5 cents/lb delivered, after May and June buying bids were heard ...
The US acrylonitrile export assessment rose $25/mt week over week Tuesday to a more than 11-month high of $1,940/mt FOB US Gulf Coast on continued tight supply. The assessment reached its highest level since March 5, 2013, when it was at ...
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China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC) is expected to shutdown its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant for maintenance turnaround this month. "The Da-Sheh based ACN plant is expected to remain off-steam for around 15 days from October ...
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South Korea's May exports of acrylonitrile increased 50.2% month on month to 35,249 mt, according to data released Saturday by the Korea Customs Service. The May exports were nearly four times those of May 2012, when South Korea exported ...
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Ascend Performance Materials experienced a plant-wide outage that caused unauthorized emissions at its Chocolate Bayou, Texas, chemical facility on Monday, the company said in a filing Tuesday with the Texas Commission on Environmental ...
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Sumitomo Chemical has reduced operating rates at one of its acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in Japan. According to a Sumitomo company official, the ACN plant is presently operating at 85-90% of production capacity rates. The official ...
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Asahi Kasei owned - Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in Thailand is expected to undergo a scheduled maintenance turnaround in June 2013. “The ACN plant located in Map Ta Phut, Thailand will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance ...
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War Horse, the now legendary World War I drama depicting the devotion of a boy to his horse, has moved stage audiences in the UK and US, winning five 2011 Tony Awards. One of the most striking elements of the show is its highly evocative ...
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New sessions have been added to the free programme of seminars, demonstrations and tutorials taking place at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013, at the Royal Armouries at Clarence Dock, only a short distance from the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, ...
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Korea based Tongsuh Petrochemical is likely to start a new Acrylonitrile (ACN) line very soon at Ulsan. “The start-up of the new line is completely based on the ACN market. Due to poor market conditions, the company has not yet ...
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Taekwang Industrial is operating its acrylonitrile (ACN) plant at lower rates. “The ACN plant located in Ulsan is currently operating at 80% production capacity rates”, a company official informed fibre2fashion. Providing ...
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South Korea based Taekwang Industrial has reduced operating capacity of its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant located in Ulsan. Taekwang is also planning to undertake a maintenance turnaround at the plant in February 2013. “Due to poor ...
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Germany based Ineos is likely to undertake a routine cleaning operation at its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant in March 2013 and will be off-stream for a week. A Ineos company official informed fibre2fashion that, “Line No-3 of the ACN ...
Avant Garde Information Solutions (AGIS), a leader in business software development for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012, claiming its place as the premier SMB software provider offering one ...
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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 ...