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Montreal, Canada (Prime Newswire)-- The results of a long-term study confirms that the rubber granules used in the construction of artificial turf fields pose absolutely no threat to the environment. Aliapur, the leading French government body responsible for used tires, along ...
05 Sep 2007 - Borealis has completed the sale of its Norwegian polyolefins business and share of the Noretyl gas cracker to Ineos. Worth EUR 290 million, the deal comprises a 175,000 tonne per year (t/y) polypropylene (PP) unit and a 140,000 t/y low density polyethylene (LDPE) ...
4 September 2007 BASF has started up a pilot facility for a pioneering breathable coating technology which can impart a uniform appearance to a variety of different substrates including plastics, fabrics and leather. The new unit, at the Ludwigshafen complex, will be used for ...
Leverkusen - The Lanxess chemicals group is to build its new ion exchange resin plant in the Indian state of Gujarat. Construction work on the EUR 30 million site at the new Jhagadia Chemical Park near Baroda is set to begin in the second quarter of 2008. Production is scheduled ...
4 September 2007 The international chemical and pharmaceutical group Solvay has made a $10m investment in Plextronics, a US firm developing technologies for polymer-based printed electronics. The Belgian group s contribution was part of the latest round of financing, which ...
Mexico City-based Mexichem said it had brought on stream a new chlorine-caustic soda plant claiming that it is the most modern unit in Latin America. The $75 million plant is located at Santa Clara near Mexico City where it replaces a facility that had a capacity of 39,000 mt...
The long-delayed completion of a $200 million natural gas pipeline offshore Trinidad will be delayed further still by recent hurricanes in the region, the project's manager said Tuesday. Clarance Harnanan told Platts workers have been unable to perform recent subsea work on the ...
BEIJING, Sept. 4 -- China has enacted a new industry policy on natural gas use to address the supply shortage and optimize usage, the nation's planning agency said yesterday. The guideline says residential gas use is a top priority, while usage in petrochemical plants is ...
The Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group has reached a framework agreement with local government on building a vanadium titanium steel production facility in Xichang, a city in southwest China's Sichuan province.
China's antimony ingot prices have mostly held steady in August moving within a wide range of $5,250-5,500/mt FOB China, supported by tight raw material supplies, industry sources told Platts on Tuesday. Spot trade, however, was thin as some overseas consumers expected prices to ...
31 Aug 2007 - DuPont Engineering Polymers has completed an expansion of compounding capacity for its range of Zytel nylon 6 and 66 resins at the manufacturing site of DuPont in Ulsan, Korea. This expansion adds 20k tons per year of new capacity and is in response to rapid growth ...
Dow Chemical says it has declared force majeure for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) at Texas City, TX due to essential maintenance of critical plant equipment. Customers will be placed on 50% allocation beginning September 3, and likely through the end of October, Dow says. The plant ...
20 August 2007--Chemical Process Solutions has entered into joint venture partnership with Schwaben Kunstoff of Germany to manufacture thermoplastic vessels of up to 80m3 and 3.5m in diameter. CPS, a maker of supply tanks, pumps and heat exchangers, is one of the UK s largest ...
Basell has launched a new metallocene-based Metocene polypropylene (PP) copolymer, Clyrell EM248U, to target processors of clear, thin-wall, injection-molded (TWIM) food applications in the United States. According to the company, the grade is produced using an exceptionally ...
Four months after it launch of futures trading in polymers in India, NCDEX seems to have met with little success. The daily average volumes in PVC has been ruling at just around Rs 50-60 lakh as against the target of close to Rs 100 crore. Till date there has been no trading in ...
Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell to US$71.31 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, midmorning in Singapore. September Brent crude fell to US$69.68 a barrel on the ICE futures exchange in London. Oil prices dipped on expectations ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. has received an order for a large-scale purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant from Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A. (PKN ORLEN), Poland's largest oil refining and petrochemical company. The new plant will employ Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation...
Invensys Process Systems has successfully completed its automation project in a major expansion of the Samsung Total petrochemical complex in Daesan, Korea. The process revamp included an overhaul of the ethyl benzene (EB) and styrene monomer (SM) units at the complex. The EB and ...
Domestic demand is said to be the main driver of growth in Saudi Arabia for the period 2007-2010, as per a report by Jadwa Investment. As per the report, mega project implementation and broad liberalisation will drive real non-oil private sector growth up to an average of nearly ...
Chemical distributor Midwest Chlor-Alkali (Indianapolis, IN), an affiliate of Harris & Ford (Indianapolis, IN), says it will invest $68 million to build a manufacturing facility adjacent to Cargill's corn milling facility at Eddyville, IA. The plant will produce 100,000 dst/year ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...