Analytics & News

Demand for Barite from China are at the High Level.

22 Jul 2009

China is the principal source of barite for U.S. drillers. Demand for barite from China is so great that lower-grade reserves are being mined. While there is a large number of small Chinese mining companies, only a few key traders and direct exporter...

Gypsum Market Review 2009 has been recently completed by...

22 Jul 2009

In January 2009, British consulting company published a new report "Gypsum Market Review 2009." This report focuses on the study of the global gypsum markets. It provides region analysis on gypsum production. It features major gypsum producers, pri...

Fresh Vegetables Market in Fiji: Business Report 2009200...

21 Jul 2009

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Fresh Vegetables Market in Fiji, which offers business report on Fresh Vegetables Market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is ela...

Polyethylene (LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE) - The European Polyethy...

13 Jul 2009

The European polyethylene (LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE) market in summer 2009 was characterized by price rises (by an average of 10% or by €100/tonne), tight supply paralleled by fairly large exports, reduced operating rates coupled by a number plant operation...

Start-up Kuwait Styrene Co.’s Ethyl Benzene Styrene Mono...

13 Jul 2009

A 4-8 week delay has ensued in the start up of Kuwait Styrene Co.’s ethyl benzene styrene monomer unit due to a technical problem with an intermediate storage tank used in the production of styrene monomer. The exact duration of the shutdown will be...

Arkema Appoint Distributor for Multiwall Carbon Nanotube...

13 Jul 2009

Arkema has appointed Hamburg-based Velox GmbH as distributor for its Graphistrength multiwall carbon nanotube products. In 2006, Arkema inaugurated Europe's first plant capable of producing 20 tons per year of multiwall carbon nanotubes, and has b...

The European Isocyanate Market: Summer 2009 Trends

10 Jul 2009

The European isocyanate market (MDI and TDI) in summer 2009 was characterized by price rises (by an average of €50-80/tonne) and plant operational issues (primarily, at Bayer). Isocyanate feedstock prices showed an upward trend exerting pressure on t...

Nuts and Kernels Market in Austria: Business Report 2009...

09 Jul 2009

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Nuts and Kernels Market in Austria, which offers business report on nuts and kernels market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is...

ExxonMobil Chemical to Increase Polypropylene Compoundin...

06 Jul 2009

ExxonMobil Chemical is investing in increased polypropylene (PP) compounding capacity and capability at its Lillebonne Polypropylene Plant (LPP), France. Capacity will increase by 45,000 tons to meet growing demand for Exxtral™ performance polyolefin...

New Chemical Plant to Help Reduce Imports

06 Jul 2009

Dyechem Alliance Vietnam Co. Ltd. has opened a new chemical plant with a total investment capital of $2.5 million in Long Hau industrial zone, Long An province, informed the General Director of the Company, Mr. Lim Chin Ming. The plant will focus...

Evonik Announces Price Increase for VISIOMER® Methacryla...

01 Jul 2009

The Performance Polymers Business Unit of Evonik Industries, one of the world’s leading suppliers of methacrylate chemicals, will raise the prices of its VISIOMER® Methacrylate Monomers. The new pricing structure applies to customers worldwide with e...

A Flare in Nova Corunna’s Olefin Unit Caused by a Steam...

24 Jun 2009

A huge flaring has occurred at Nova Chemical’s Corunna site. The flare was caused by a steam pressure loss in Nova Corunna’s olefin unit. Loss of pressure coerced the company to take a compressor down, resulting in high flaring, black smoke and a lot...

Canned Vegetables and Mushrooms Market in Brazil: Busine...

24 Jun 2009

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of canned vegetables and mushrooms market in Brazil, which offers business report on canned vegetables and mushrooms market and purchase activity monitoring within the sect...

Dow Chemical's Polypropylene Advances to Benefit Food Pa...

23 Jun 2009

The Dow Chemical Company announced regulatory compliance and product development breakthroughs for Polypropylene products ideally suited for use in injection molded and thermoformed food and beverage packaging applications. Dow ethylene-propylene imp...

Kraton: Alternative to PVC in Medical Applications

23 Jun 2009

Kraton Polymers (Houston, Texas / USA; www.kraton.com) has commercialised its "G1645" polymer that offers an alternative to PVC in medical applications. Kraton says the material is a clear, strong elastomer with a Shore A hardness of around 35, which...

Vietnam to Export its Maiden Propylene Cargo

22 Jun 2009

Vietnam is scheduled to export it's first-ever propylene cargo of 5,000 tons in H2-July to term contract buyer Marubeni Corp. of Japan, as per Platts Thursday. Marubeni is expected to transport the parcel in pressurized rather than refrigerated form,...

Saudi Aramco Total Refining Award EPC Contracts for Juba...

22 Jun 2009

Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) finalized the awarding plan for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts that constitute the thirteen different process packages of their Jubail joint venture refinery, f...

Fresh Vegetables Market in Bangladesh: Business Report 2...

22 Jun 2009

The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of fresh vegetables market in Bangladesh, which offers business report on fresh vegetables market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research...

Resin Ribbon Called LR21 to be Used in Hang-tags Applica...

18 Jun 2009

Dynic USA Corporation announced a new general-purpose resin ribbon called LR21. LR21 is an improvement over and will replace Dynic’s HL21 resin ribbon. The new ribbon provides excellent abrasion, heat, and solvent resistance, improved print quality,...

SIBUR Start Production of New Rubbers

18 Jun 2009

Voronezhsintezkauchuk operating plant has finalized the investment project to transfer part of its polybutadiene rubber production to neodymium catalysts system technology (SKD-ND) as well as starting the production of soluble butadiene-styrene rubbe...

Bayer to Build A Sulfuric Acid Plant for Europe's Larges...

17 Jun 2009

Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) has been commissioned by Berzelius Stolberg GmbH, the largest lead manufacturer in Europe, to build a sulfuric acid plant operating on the BAYQIK process. The company is based in Stolberg near Aachen, Germany....

EU Consortium Launch Project to Develop Efficient and Su...

11 Jun 2009

"F3 Factory", an EU-funded project, for the development of more efficient and sustainable processes in the chemical industry, was recently launched by a consortium of leading European chemical companies, research centers and universities. For the fir...

US Demand for Fluoropolymers to Rise 4.5% pa to US$1.7 B...

09 Jun 2009

US demand for fluoropolymers will rise 4.5 percent per year to $1.7 billion in 2013 as per Reportlinker.com. Gains will represent an acceleration from the 1998-2008 decade, during which the fluoropolymer market was hampered by weakness in the manufac...

Sabic Axes Grangemouth as Losses Mount

05 Jun 2009

According to a report in the Falkirk Herald, 95 jobs will be lost when Sabic closes its Grangemouth plant on 31 July. Sabic, which recently revealed a shock quarterly loss, its first since 2001, blamed weak demand from the automotive sector and a...

Europe Sees Falling HDPE, LDPE Prices, as LLDPE and PP I...

04 Jun 2009

Considerable variation in price development between the different classes of standard commodity thermoplastics was seen in Europe in May as per European Plastics News. Price of LDPE and HDPE blow and injection moulding grades dipped by around €10...

LyondellBasell to Shrink Global Staff from 17,500 to 14,...

04 Jun 2009

LyondellBasell plans to reduce its global staff strength across all divisions, across all parts of the country by 17% from 17,500 to 14,500. These layoffs are all part of a restructuring plan by the company to emerge from Chapter 11. The restructurin...

Fertiliser Prices Lower than Expected

03 Jun 2009

Arable farmers' costs look substantially better after Britain's biggest fertiliser manufacturer announced a new season price well below what many were expecting. GrowHow UK's Nitram (34.5%N ammonium nitrate) is priced at £178/t delivered for June,...

Plantheon Opens Bt400m Chemical Fertiliser Plant

29 May 2009

Plantheon, the agribusiness arm of the Sirivadhanabhakdi family, yesterday opened a Bt400-million chemical-fertiliser plant in Ayutthaya to satisfy its own needs as well as market demand. "We expect to enter the fertiliser market, as there is less...

Arsenic to be Removed from Water Supply Using Nanorust

28 May 2009

Rice University researchers today announced that the first field tests of "nanorust," the university's revolutionary, low-cost technology for removing arsenic from drinking water, will begin later this year in Guanajuato, Mexico. "Mexico's debatin...

BASF Increases Prices of Butanol And -derivatives

28 May 2009

BASF increases its prices for Butanols, Butylglycol and Butylacetat in Europe as part of BASF’s alcohols & solvents activities with immediate effect or as contracts allow by €30/mt. This measure reflects the impact of continuously increasing raw mate...