SIBUR is Russia’s largest integrated gas processing and petrochemical company. Fuel and raw materials segment includes: 1) the collection and recycling of associated petroleum gas (APG), derived from the major Russian oil companies; 2) transportation, fractionation, and further processing of various types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced by the Group or purchased from major oil […]
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Year: 2016
“Sayanskkhimplast” and “Rosneft” does not decide a question of ethylene price
Russia’s largest producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) “Sayanskkhimplast” (SHP, Irkutsk region) started the technological preparation for production start-up after a long stop due to an accident on the ethylene supplier company, reported on the results of his working visit to Sayansk Sergei Levchenko, the governor of the Irkutsk region in its press -service. According to […]
SABIC will present packaging solutions on the PC in 2016
Currently, about one-third of the food produced worldwide is lost or discarded. These annual losses, according to Save Food Report Food and Agriculture Organization, equivalent to a loss of 1.3 billion tons of food. Even in the most developed countries, such as Germany, 4% of the transported food spoiled due to lack of stability of […]
BASF develops polymers for recycling athletic shoes
Chemical, BASF, the project Sport Infinity, creates polymers for recycling athletic shoes, writes Plastinfo.ru. German chemical company BASF is participating in the project Sport Infinity, which aims to create composite materials suitable for rapid production of sporting goods. Including we are talking about shoes for football players – boots. It is expected that the result […]
PP imports to Ukraine increased by 38% during January – May 2016
During the first five months of the current year the total volume of imports of polypropylene (PP) in Ukraine grew by 38% compared to the same period of 2015 and amounted to 48.4 thousand. Tonnes. The greatest increase was in the supply of propylene copolymers, according to a survey DataScope report. In May, the volume […]
four months Investments in Ukraine amounted to USD2 billion
Foreign direct investment in Ukraine in January-April 2016 amounted to almost USD2 billion, the general director of investment company Dragon Capital Tomas Fiala, at a press conference. “If you look at the statistics of foreign investment over the past two years, that is some improvement if this figure rose to USD1 billion in 2014. The […]
Lukoil may sell the Ukraine Karpatneftekhim
Lukoil, Russia’s second largest oil company, is considering selling Karpatneftehima, the largest Ukrainian producer of polymers, he told reporters on Tuesday the director of Lukoil unit “Capital Markets and M & A” Pavel Zhdanov. “The plant is in the form of a caretaker for two years We are actively exploring a variety of proposals from […]
DOW WANTS TO RAISE PRICES POLYETHYLENE IN JULY
The US Dow Chemical, the international petrochemical giant, announced a price increase in polyethylene (PE) at 4 cents per pound (about USD88 per tonne) for the Central American market, the Andean region and the Caribbean, told ICIS. According to the letter of the company to its customers, which ICIS received on Monday, the Dow wants […]
Contract prices of the European PS rise in June, against the background of declining demand
Manufacturers in the European market of polystyrene (PS) agree on the June contract prices for EUR30-60 per tonne higher than in the previous month amid declining demand, sources told ICIS market. However, some buyers said that they agreed on several earlier contracts at the same price as in May, or at higher than last month’s […]
Polyethylene was converted to diesel
Chemists Group of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of California has developed a method for the conversion of polyethylene into liquid hydrocarbons and waxes. To do this, the researchers used a combination of two catalysts, working “in tandem”. The study is published in the journal Science Advances. […]