According to the results of the first three months of the year, the total volume of imports of polyethylene (PE) to Ukraine decreased by 5% compared to the same indicator in 2016 and amounted to 59.3 thousand tons. The demand for high-density polyethylene (LDPE) and low-density polyethylene (HDPE) has decreased, according to a report by […]
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Year: 2017
Sinopec Shanghai to close PP plant in Shanghai in late April for prevention
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, the subsidiary of Sinopec, one of the world’s largest energy and chemical companies, plans to stop production at a polypropylene (PP) production plant in Shanghai, China, at the end of April this year, to conduct preventive measures, ICIS reported. It is expected that the repair work at this enterprise with a capacity […]
TRANSFORMATIONS WITH TITANIUM DIOXIDE IN EUROPE
The Polymers for Europe Alliance warns that European plastics producers are deficient in titanium dioxide (TiO2), which is used as a white dye and as a UV stabilizer in rigid PVC products. In addition to the problems in the TiO2 market, some polymers are also experiencing difficulties, which may put plastics processors before a subsequent […]
The price of styrene in Asia fell in April
The price of styrene in Asia declined on April 17 amid weakening of internal quotations of the monomer in China and amounted to about USD1,100 per tonne, ICIS reports citing sources in the market. Due to a decrease in styrene prices, consumer interest in imported polystyrene (PS) from the Middle East has fallen, sources said. […]
PRICES OF TUBE PANEL IN EUROPE ARE RISE TO THE UNIVERSAL APRIL PRICE TRENDS
Prices for low-pressure polyethylene (HDPE) pipe brands in the European polyethylene (PE) market were among the highest, lower-price quotations rose by as much as EUR15-20 per tonne last week, ICIS sources told the market. Although demand in the PE market in Europe fell in anticipation of lower prices after the holidays, demand for pipe HDPE […]
Ukraine suffocating from garbage
In Ukraine, only 4% of the total waste is processed Ukraine – one of the leaders in Europe in terms of accumulated domestic waste. In different parts of the country there are more than 30 thousand illegal dumps. Lviv exports its garbage to other areas, and in Transcarpathia waste is simply dumped in the river, […]
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We buy high-impact polystyrene
Since mankind has found a way of manufacturing polymers and studied their properties thoroughly, no industry can no longer do without their use. Science opens up new and new qualities and constantly produces their varieties, such as, for example, polystyrene, relating to polymers of the thermoplastic class. The functional properties of polystyrene, expressed in rigidity, […]
The device on solar batteries extracted water from the air of the desert
Chemists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley created a “spongy” device capable of absorbing water from the dry air of the desert. The new device operates on solar panels. The study is published in the journal Science. Water, which is in the atmosphere in the form of water […]
In the Ternopil region, 120 tons of garbage were thrown out of Lviv
Authorities and environmentalists determine the value of the damage. At one of the farms in the Ternopil region found up to 120 tons of garbage from Lviv. This is reported by the regional administration of the National Police. “The Shumskoye police department received a message from the city council leaders that 100-120 tons of garbage […]