Bank downgraded the forecast decline in GDP of Ukraine in 2015 to 11.5%, and its growth in 2016 to 2%

“There is cautious hope that the economy has reached bottom in mid-2015, and production volumes will stabilize in the second half of the year in terms of local and regional risks remain significant,” – said in an updated forecast of the bank for the Thursday, November 5, 2015. According to him, estimate of GDP growth […]

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Russian HDPE to November 2015 fell

September for the Russian market high-density polyethylene is traditionally the most difficult month of the year. The main reason – planned preventative stop Kazanorgsintez, the largest producer of polyethylene. This year the situation has been marred by a brief stop Stavrolen capacity, reduced capacity utilization and a real lack of Nizhnekamskneftekhim imported alternatives. Only in […]

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Plastic waste can feed humanity

Designer Katherine Unger from Austria together with Julia Mayzinger and researchers from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands has developed a system that cultivates edible fungi that feed on household plastic. That’s right, you heard right: mushroom eat the plastic, and you eat the mushrooms. A small but very interesting ecosystem. In 2012, researchers from […]

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LDPE prices have dropped significantly in the second half of October

In the third quarter, preventative maintenance stopped their power all Russian producers of high-pressure polyethylene. A series of preventive maintenance has become a major cause of the serious shortage of LDPE in the market, especially in August and September, and as a result, a record high price. By October, preventive maintenance are fully completed, and […]

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Sibur will reduce the export price of polystyrene on the USD 160-170 per tonne

his week the Russian buyers of EPS production of Sibur-Khimprom branded Alphapor were announced new contractual offers for shipment in November. According to the processors, the vendor went to the lowering of prices USD160-170 per ton, with prices declining in Asia. This limited export quotas on the background of good demand in the country (Russia), […]

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