September for the Russian market high-density polyethylene is traditionally the most difficult month of the year. The main reason – planned preventative stop Kazanorgsintez, the largest producer of polyethylene. This year the situation has been marred by a brief stop Stavrolen capacity, reduced capacity utilization and a real lack of Nizhnekamskneftekhim imported alternatives. Only in […]
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Plastic waste can feed humanity
Designer Katherine Unger from Austria together with Julia Mayzinger and researchers from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands has developed a system that cultivates edible fungi that feed on household plastic. That’s right, you heard right: mushroom eat the plastic, and you eat the mushrooms. A small but very interesting ecosystem. In 2012, researchers from […]
Scientists: The stomachs of seabirds clogged plastic
According to scientists from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA), the world’s soon there will be no sea birds, not try plastic, writes portal EurekAlert. Every year in the oceans gets more than 4.8 million tonnes of plastic waste. Corks from bottles, plastic fibers of […]
The contract price of styrene in Europe decreased by EUR30 in November
Price reduction was expected, because, according to the players, reducing the price of EUR210 per tonne in October did not reflect the real balance of the market. The November contract price of EUR960 per tonne are significantly higher spot styrene prices which last week were USD830-850 (EUR750-780) per tonne. One of the buyers suggests that […]
Demand for styrene polymers in Ukraine fell by 10%
In the structure of consumption of polymers of styrene market shows the greatest decrease in high-impact polystyrene and general purpose polystyrene. Demand in the market UPS / M and MSS / M for the first three quarters of this year fell by 21% and amounted to slightly less than 16 thousand. Tonnes. The main supplier […]
LDPE prices have dropped significantly in the second half of October
In the third quarter, preventative maintenance stopped their power all Russian producers of high-pressure polyethylene. A series of preventive maintenance has become a major cause of the serious shortage of LDPE in the market, especially in August and September, and as a result, a record high price. By October, preventive maintenance are fully completed, and […]
Sibur will reduce the export price of polystyrene on the USD 160-170 per tonne
his week the Russian buyers of EPS production of Sibur-Khimprom branded Alphapor were announced new contractual offers for shipment in November. According to the processors, the vendor went to the lowering of prices USD160-170 per ton, with prices declining in Asia. This limited export quotas on the background of good demand in the country (Russia), […]
The price of ethylene in Europe for the supply remained unchanged in November
According to the manufacturer, it is the agreed price for the supply of ethylene in the next month at EUR905 per tonne from three customers, and they confirmed it. Previously, other manufacturer also agreed to supply ethylene in November at the same level. The contract price of ethylene in November will be considered fully confirmed […]
Gazprom Salavat neftekhim stopped production of HDPE
STS due to technical problems on October 27, stopped production of low-pressure polyethylene, as reported by the company’s customers. At the same time, the reasons for the stop and idle periods are not reported. Annual production capacity of HDPE in Salavat is 120 ths. Tons. It is also worth noting that since the end of […]
Dow provides innovative technologies and solutions at the exhibition “Chemistry-2015″Dow provides innovative technologies and solutions at the exhibition “Chemistry-2015”
Representatives of the Moscow office of Dow, colleagues from the CIS countries, heads of international level, technicians and employees of the joint venture “Dow Izolan” will answer all the questions of the guests stand, will discuss the latest innovative technologies and solutions, as well as the development trend of the chemical industry in Russia and […]