TOMRA Sorting Recycling (TOMRA) recently announced a partnership with SKM Recycling (SKM) from Laverton North (Victoria, Australia). SKM, the leader in the recycling of domestic and industrial waste, chose TOMRA to supply 40 AUTOSORT systems with innovative features and a new three-dimensional laser technology for three of its sorting plants. To meet the ever-changing market […]
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Secondary HDPE pellets
What is the secondary pellet of HDPE? The secondary pellet of polyethylene is a recycled HDPE. The raw materials for it are polyethylene bags, industrial packaging, plastic boxes, canisters and other polymeric waste. Competent selection of raw materials and modern production technologies allow us to produce secondary granules of high quality polyethylene. It is a […]
Spot prices of LDL in Europe are falling
The spot prices of linear polyethylene (LLDPE) in Europe show a downward trend amid record high imports to the market in January this year, which is the highest mark for many months, ICIS reported citing data from the statistical agency Eurostat. So, at the end of February and March, spot prices for the C4 LDL […]
Ethylene prices in the US fell to a nine-year low
Spot prices of ethylene in the US declined to the lowest level in nine years against the backdrop of the emergence of new crackers and weakened demand due to planned stops of processing plants, ICIS reports citing market participants. On Tuesday, March 20, the price of ethylene in the US was at the level of […]
It became known who will take out the garbage in Lviv
In the Lviv regional state administration held a tender for the provision of services for the export (collection, storage and transportation) of solid and large-scale household waste from the territories of housing stock of municipal property. The competition was held on eight communal enterprises in Frankivsk region, the local site “032.ua” reports. Based on the […]
Dow for 2019 postponed scheduled repairs at a cracker in Germany
The US petrochemical giant Dow Chemical, part of the DowDupont structure, suffered a prophylaxis at a cracker in Boehlen, Germany, in 2019 due to an unplanned shutdown in January, ICIS told a source in the company. Initially, it was planned that maintenance at this enterprise, which can produce 610,000 tons of ethylene, 310,000 tons of […]
In the Lviv region 80 thousand city for almost two months in a garbage blockade
In the Lviv region 80 thousand city for almost two months in a garbage blockade From the city of Drohobych for almost two months, garbage has not been removed. The community of the village of Bronitsa continues to block the road to the Drogobych city dump. As a result, from the city for almost two […]
Prices of LDPE in Europe are falling catastrophically
Spot prices of high-pressure polyethylene (LDPE) in Europe are under strong downward pressure, as sellers try to sell additional volumes of material to regular customers, ICIS sources told the market on Thursday. At the end of February, a similar situation has already taken place, but on a more limited scale, but now more suppliers offer […]
Braskem will raise prices of PP in the US by USD66 per ton in April
Braskem plans to raise prices of polypropylene (PP) from April 1 to 3 cents per pound (USD66 ton), ICIS reports with reference to the company’s letter to customers. Also, LyondellBasell plans to raise the price of PP by 5 cents per pound (USD110 per ton) from April. In the second half of 2017 PP producers […]
LDL prices in China fell to the lowest level in seven months
The spot prices of linear polyethylene (LLDPE) in the Chinese market fell on March 9 to a seven-month low against the backdrop of high stock levels and weak demand, as well as lower quotations in the futures market, ICIS sources told the market. Thus, domestic LDL prices in East China fell to 9,325 yuan (CNY) […]