The Turkish polymer producer Petkim, whose controlling shareholder is the Azerbaijani SOCAR, raised prices for all its polypropylene grades (PP) by USD20 per tonne this week, ICIS sources told the market. Petkim did not respond to the request for comment on prices, but earlier mentioned the increase in import prices, giving explanations for recent increases […]
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Year: 2017
Secondary high-pressure polyethylene LDPE analog 158 (quality of primary)
The enterprise sells granulated high pressure polyethylene (LDPE-LDPE), analogue 158-03 Kazan. This material is perfectly transparent, like a tear. It can be used for casting or extrusion. The replacement of primary raw materials is not ruled out. The raw material is a tubular film. Granulated high-pressure polyethylene is widely used in the manufacture of blow […]
Odessa garbage was hidden in sarcophagi
Developed special boxes, so as not to spoil the view. In Odessa, they conceived the idea of improving the appearance of garbage containers. Within the framework of the project on improvement in the City Council, the design of so-called sarcophagi, in which ordinary garbage containers will be hidden, has been developed. The first sarcophagus was […]
Revenues from sales of PND Kazanorgsintez in the first half of the year decreased by 12%
The volume of proceeds from sales of low-pressure polyethylene (HDPE) of Kazanorgsintez (CBS, part of the TAIF group) in the first half of 2017 decreased by 12% to 17.7 million rubles, RBC reported citing the company’s statements. A year earlier, this figure was 20.1 million rubles. In the company’s financial report, the reason for the […]
Trash rivers are money banks. How it is done in Germany
Here, they seek a “junk” discipline with fines and monetary incentives for recycling “Pure” – such an epithet among others has always characterized Germany. Indeed, the streets of cities and villages, parks and forests have always attracted attention with accuracy and well-groomedness. Alas, in recent years the picture in many areas is somewhat different. At […]
Mobile application will help foreigners in Japan to properly throw out garbage
The technology will explain to all comers how to sort out the garbage properly so that the utilities take it out for recycling The administration of Tokyo’s Nakano district has developed a special mobile application for foreigners to help them figure out how to properly dispose of garbage in Japan. The program can be downloaded […]
The unbearable lightness of the garbage: how the Rada solved the problem of waste in Ukraine by one amendment
From January 1, 2018 in Ukraine will sort all the garbage. This is not a pre-election promise of a politician, but the current norm of the Law “On Waste.” Is it really possible to start sorting, processing and recycling of garbage in our country in six months? The tragedy at the Gribovitsky landfill and over-accumulation […]
Sidewalk tiles from garbage
Waste management is an urgent problem throughout the world, but a particularly difficult situation in isolated cities that do not have access to disposal facilities. Taiwan’s architectural studio Miniwiz has developed an environmentally friendly solution: TRASHPRESSO, a mobile solar processing station that produces paving slabs from garbage. Wherever necessary, TRASHPRESSO uses local waste and recycles […]
Petkim has raised the price of HDPE by USD20 per tonne
The Turkish polymer producer Petkim, whose controlling shareholder is the Azerbaijani SOCAR, has lowered the prices of injection molded and blown low pressure polyethylene (HDPE) by USD20 per tonne, ICIS source in the company said. According to the source, the main reason for the increase in prices was the growth of quotations of imported material. […]
Ukraine approved the new rules for the preferential importation of raw materials for the Karpatneftekhim
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allowed Karpatneftekhim LLC to purchase and import up to 147,000 tons of benzene and aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures on preferential terms, the Agency for Industrial Policy of Ukraine said. The relevant decision was made by the government at a meeting in Kiev on Wednesday. In addition, the Cabinet of […]