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April 30, 2013
Huntsman on Tuesday reported a net loss of $24 million due mainly to a charge related to early repayment of debt compared with net income of $163 million in the year-ago quarter...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/methylene_dipara_phenylene_isocyanate/Huntsman-first-quarter-adjusted-earnings-fall-75-percent_51605.html April 30, 2013
CW has learned that Ineos is at an advanced stage of discussions with an unnamed party to transfer the Kerling chlor-vinyls business into a joint venture, which would become one of the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Ineos-to-hive-off-vinyls-into-joint-venture-Rafnes-cracker-to-stay-with-Ineos_51595.html April 30, 2013
Mexichem (Tlalnepantla, Mexico) reports a net profit of 836 million Mexican pesos ($69 million) during the first quarter of this year, down 54% from the peso1.8 billion reported during...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/Mexichems-net-profit-drops-54-percent-during-the-first-quarter_51593.html April 29, 2013
Rosneft (Moscow) and Mitsui & Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop jointly Rosneft's previously announced Far East Petrochemical Co. (Fepco) project near...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Rosneft-Mitsui-sign-MOU-to-develop-petchem-project-in-Russian-far-east_51563.html April 29, 2013
VinylPlus, the European polyvinyl chloride (PVC) industry's sustainable development program, recorded 362,076 m.t. of PVC recycled last year, keeping it on track to meet the challenge...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyvinyl_chloride/VinylPlus-on-track-to-meet-2020-PVC-recycling-targets_51551.html April 29, 2013
The Bourgogne Développement Industrie Group (BDI; Paris) has acquired Semoflex (Ogeu-les-Bains, France), the companies have announced. The takeover results in BDI, which also...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Frances-BDI-Group-takes-over-Semoflex-becomes-third-largest-PE-converter-in-France_51547.html April 26, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries has licensed its Lupotech T and Lupotech A process technologies to Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical (JSPC; Lianyungang, China) for a low-density polyethylene...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LyondellBasell-licenses-PE-technology-to-China_51482.html April 26, 2013
M&G Group (Tortona, Italy) has licensed Alpek’s IntegRex technology for its planned 1.2-million m.t./year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Corpus Christi, TX, the company announced 16 April....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Alpek-licenses-PTA-to-M-and-G-pays-$350M-for-PET-offtake_51462.html April 26, 2013
Russia’s largest producer of petrochemicals, has outlined its investment plans and announced the completion of a 500,000-m.t./year polypropylene (PP) plant at Tobolsk, Russia. Russian regulators are currently on-site inspecting the facility before approving the start of operations....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polypropylene/Sibur-readies-PP-plant-to-decide-on-olefins-complex_51423.html April 26, 2013
Chemical production in Argentina was up 2.6% during the first quarter of this year compared with the same quarter in 2012, according to figures released by state statistics office...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Argentinas-chemicals-output-up-2-6-percent-during-the-first-quarter_51529.html April 25, 2013
Beleaguered polyethylene terephthalate (PET) producer La Seda de Barcelona (El Prat Llobregat, Spain) has one week left to finalize the refinancing of its €235-million ($299...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Time-running-out-for-debt-burdened-PET-producer-La-Seda_51448.html April 25, 2013
Construction has started at Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos's (YPFB; La Paz) previously announced ammonia and urea project in the department of Cochabamba...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Bolivias-YPFB-breaks-ground-on-urea-project_51441.html April 24, 2013
Toray says it has successfully made molded components from the partially biobased PBT. Toray Industries announced today that it has successfully produced partially biobased...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Toray-produces-biobased-PBT-plans-commercial-scale-production-unit_51428.html April 24, 2013
Brazil has proposed a set of tax cuts to boost its petrochemical sector and ethanol sector, according to a statement from the Finance Ministry (Brasilia) issued on Wednesday...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Brazil-proposes-measures-to-stimulate-the-petrochemical-and-ethanol-industries_51399.html April 23, 2013
Europe's butadiene producers are expected to benefit from growing demand and limited yields despite recent uncertainty over the short-term direction of butadiene prices, IHS Chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/European-butadiene-producers-poised-to-benefit-from-limited-supply-and-new-capacity_51362.html April 23, 2013
Polymer manufacturer Nizhnekamskneftekhim (Nizhnekamsk, Russia) formally commissioned a 60,000-m.t./year acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) unit, during a visit by Rustam...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Nizhnekamskneftekhim-commissions-60000-m-t-year-ABS-unit_51364.html April 22, 2013
M&G Group (Tortona, Italy) has licensed Alpek’s IntegRex technology for its planned 1.2-million m.t./year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in Corpus Christi, TX, the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Alpek-licenses-PTA-to-M-and-G-project-buys-PET-offtake-rights-for-$350-million_51221.html April 22, 2013
Alpek (San Pedro Garza García, Mexico) achieved $77 million in net consolidated income during the first quarter of 2013, down 20% on the $96-million income reported during the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/pet/Alpeks-first-quarter-net-income-down-20-percent_51333.html April 19, 2013
Versalis (Milan), the chemicals business of ENI (Rome), has outlined a major transformation program that aims to shift the company's portfolio from one dominated by commodities toward...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Versalis-announces-transformation-plan-mulls-import-of-US-gas_51306.html April 18, 2013
Wison Engineering (Shanghai) has developed proprietary butene oxidization and dehydrogenation technology to produce butadiene, the company announced. The novel technology, featuring a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/synthetic_rubber/Chinese-engineering-firm-develops-proprietary-butene-dehydrogenation-technology_51280.html |
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