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Archives :: Chemical Week Magazine :: Basic Chemicals & Plastics

Displaying 1 - 20 of 504 stories.

December 22, 2008

Polyethylene Prices Fall Amid Economic Woes

November polyethylene (PE) contract prices tumbled 24%, to 65 cts/lb, reflecting deteriorating consumer confidence and a weakening economic environment, market sources say. The rapid...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/16039.html

December 22, 2008

Price Hike Announcements Test Whether Markets Have Hit Bottom

Modest price increases nominated by polyethylene (PE) producers in Europe and North America are being interpreted by market watchers as sellers testing whether markets have reached the...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/16040.html

December 22, 2008

Nippon Oil Idles Cracker

Nippon Oil (Tokyo) says it will shut its naphtha cracker in Kawasaki, Japan for about...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/16041.html

December 22, 2008

Ineos Seeks Monthly Contracts

Ineos says it continues to support monthly contract pricing for ethylene and propylene in Europe. The company is in...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/16042.html

December 22, 2008

Celanese to Sell Ethyl Acetate

Solutia says that it has appointed Celanese as its ethyl acetate marketer in the Americas, replacing BP Amoco Chemical (Naperville...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/16043.html

December 15, 2008

Butadiene Players Uncertain About First-Quarter Contracts

December U.S. Gulf Coast butadiene contract prices settled 49% lower than last week, at 50 cts/lb, setting a dismal stage for the beginning of first-quarter butadiene contract...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15899.html

December 15, 2008

Chinese Ethylene Growth Will Slow in 2009

The global financial crisis and economic downturn are hindering economic growth in China and will slow ethylene demand growth to half of its current rates, says Li Xihong, president of...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15900.html

December 15, 2008

Dubai to Trade Plastics Futures

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) says it will launch plastics futures contracts on February 5...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15901.html

December 15, 2008

Shintech Expands Chlor-Alkali Plant

Shintech (Houston) says it has selected HPD (Plainfield, IL) to supply a salt crystallization plant and a caustic soda concentration system as part of an expansion of...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15902.html

December 15, 2008

Terra Idles U.K. Ammonia Production

GrowHow U.K., a 50-50 joint venture between Terra Industries and Yara International, says it...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15903.html

December 11, 2008

Sabic Innovative Plastics to Cut 10% of Workforce

Sabic Innovative Plastics says it will eliminate nearly 10% of the company’s global workforce due to the current economic downturn. Approximately 1,000 of Sabic-IP’s 10,500...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15828.html

December 8, 2008

Petrochemical Capacity Increases Outpace Demand Growth

The petrochemical industry is facing tough times with the credit crisis continuing to impact producers by slowing demand and generating overcapacity, says Stacy Methvin, v.p./supply...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15752.html

December 8, 2008

Ethylene Prices Plummet

U.S. ethylene contract prices dropped by an unprecedented total of 25 cts/lb for the months of October and November. The decline reflects a collapse in demand and in feedstock costs...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15753.html

December 8, 2008

Kuwait Ethylene Plant Starts Up

Equate Petrochemical Co. (Safat, Kuwait) says it has started up an ethylene plant at the company’s Olefins II complex at Shuaiba, Kuwait. The plant has production capacity for...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15754.html

December 8, 2008

Canpotex Raises Korean Contracts

Canpotex, which exports potash for Canadian producers, says it...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15755.html

December 8, 2008

Chevron Phillips Shutters Cracker

Chevron Phillips says it has idled one of its ethylene units at its...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15756.html

December 8, 2008

Vinythai Cuts PVC Production

Vinythai (Bangkok) says it will cut its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production capacity by 25% and...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15757.html

December 8, 2008

Nova Chemicals Idles Styrene Plant

Nova Chemicals says it has temporarily closed its Beaver Valley styrenic polymers plant at...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15758.html

December 8, 2008

Tata Halts Soda Ash Expansion

Tata Chemicals (Mumbai) says it will put on hold a $30-million expansion of soda...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/basic_chemicals_plastics/15759.html

December 8, 2008

Kuwait Ethylene Plant Starts Up

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