The integrated internal margin in the production of polyethylene (PE) on the European market increased in the third week of January, ICIS reported. Thus, the growth of the integrated internal margin in the production of high-pressure polyethylene (LDPE) was 3.5%, while the increase in the integrated internal margin for the production of low-pressure polyethylene (HDPE) […]
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Month: January 2019
Ethylene prices in Asia rose last week amid strong demand in China
Ethylene spot prices in Northeast Asia (NEA) continued to rise last week due to continued pre-holiday material purchases in China, ICIS said. Thus, prices ranged from USD950 per tonne to USD1,050 per tonne, CFR CBA, for deliveries in February and the first half of March against USD930 per tonne, CFR CBA, January 18, according to […]
In Davos, presented a new technology to combat waste
Global players want to return to reusable packaging for all products. During the World Economic Forum in Davos, the American company TerraCycle presented a new technological solution to minimize the amount of garbage in the world. TerraCycle has developed an e-commerce platform Loop. The service allows you to collect packaging from used goods (creams, shampoos, […]
Biysk chemists have created polymers with high heat resistance
Experience on brake pads showed that the wear of the material in their composition is reduced by half Chemical scientists from Biysk Technological Institute, a branch of Altai State Technical University, synthesized organic high-molecular compounds, on the basis of which it is possible to create polymers with enhanced heat resistance and resistance to ultraviolet radiation. […]
Polymer producers have to prepare for lower demand.
The head of Tatneftekhiminvest-Holding has predicted a grim fate for Tatarstan petrochemistry – Gazprom and Sibur squeeze the market Rising prices for oil and petroleum products, fertilizers and polyethylene allowed petrochemists of Tatarstan to finish 2018 with an optimistic increase in production by 2.9%. Rafinat Yarullin regrets about frozen projects – KZSK and the production […]
(Русский) В Германии вступил в силу закон об упаковке
Since the beginning of 2019, the law on packaging came into force in Germany. The delivery platform Seven Senders has formulated the impact of this law on each enterprise. The law will also affect mail-order companies and e-commerce businesses. The main objectives of the new German packaging law are to reduce waste, increase recycling of […]
Two Lviv trucks with garbage unloaded near Kiev, – the police
In the Baryshevsky district of the Kiev region, two trucks with numbers of the Lviv region were discharged at a local spontaneous dump. Two trucks with garbage from the Lviv region were unloaded at a spontaneous illegal dump in the Baryshevsky district. This is the department of communication of the police of the Kiev region. […]
Karpatneftekhim announced force majeure on the supply of ethylene and propylene from the site in Kalush due to fire
The largest petrochemical plant in Ukraine – Karpatneftekhim (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region) announced force majeure for the supply of ethylene and propylene from the olefin complex in Kalush because of a fire that caused production to stop, market sources told ICIS. In particular, the fire started at the manufacturer’s polyolefin production on January 12 of the […]
Ukrainian imports of polypropylene grew by 8% in 2018
At the end of last year, the total volume of imports of polypropylene (PP) to the Ukrainian market amounted to about 132.4 thousand tons, which is 8% more than in 2017. Demand for all types of polymers of propylene increased, according to a survey by Market Report of DataScope. In December, the volume of imports […]
AT THE KIROVOGRADSCHINE PATROLEDLY DETAINED CARGOES WITH LVIV GARBAGE
In the Kirovograd region, the patrol stopped two trucks that were trying to unauthorized throw garbage from Lviv. According to the press service of the City Council of Alexandria, today, January 22, on the border of Cherkasy and Kirovograd regions, employees of the patrol and inspection service detained two heavy trucks with garbage. “Their drivers […]