ethylene

U.S. producers of PVC and epoxy anticipate demand pull from Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

Sep 3, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal passed by Congress in Nov. 2021 may soon contribute to PVC tubes demand for water management or for the epoxy in coatings for structures like bridges, leading to increased business for companies like Shintec, Westlake, or...

Celanese to examine redundancies as it seeks to cut costs; U.S. chemical industry contracted in August; NOVA Chemicals to carry out employee census to gain insights on diversity; Acetonitrile market to expand over 6% annually over next five years

Sep 2, 2023

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Developing countries see more resin imports as China, U.S., Europe demand challenged: Braskem´s CEO

Aug 20, 2023

The CEO of Brazil-based Braskem, Roberto Bischoff, said that the company that is Latin America´s biggest petrochemical organization is seeing atypical scenarios in plastic resin markets that include very large flows of plastic resin exports from the world´s...

Pemex increases refining output 4% in 2023 at its six operating plants from year ago; Analyst sees new Dos Bocas refinery in commercial operations by 2024

Aug 20, 2023

Reinaldo Wences, executive vice president of Pemex Transformacion Industrial, or the Mexican state oil company´s crude oil processing area, said during the second quarter (April-June) earnings discussion call held on July 28, 2023, that the crude oil runs at...

Second biggest U.S. waste disposal company Republic Services teams up with polymer recycler Ravago to produce recycled resin; U.S. refiners and petrochemical association asks Environmental Protection Agency for strategy “revision” around pollution

Aug 20, 2023

News Briefs

Dow Canada seeks partners, subsidies in second half 2023 as it readies $10-billion expansion FID

Aug 7, 2023

Dow, the biggest U.S.-based petrochemical company, plans to clinch enough accords and incentives for its Canadian operations during the second half of 2023 to help support a decision on whether to start in 2024 a six-year construction of an expanded ethylene-...

U.S. plastics, rubber manufacturing faces declining workers, lower productivity in 2023

Jul 11, 2023

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released in mid-2023 data related to employment in manufacturing of plastic, synthetic filaments and rubber products that showed that the number of workers in those activities fell in recent years, including so far in 2023...

Global committee to work on binding draft for accord on plastic pollution as U.S. delegation seen taking leadership

Jun 6, 2023

The second session of the so-called Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee that works on accords around reducing plastic pollution, including marine, ended its June 3 meeting in Paris with a mandate for the “INC Chair to prepare a zero draft of the agreement...

Dow to produce plastic from corn-derived ethanol in a new partnership; Benzene market seen expanding at 3% annually until 2028

Jun 5, 2023

News Briefs

Shell´s start up at Pennsylvania polyethylene complex slower than expected, to take rest of 2023

May 10, 2023

Shell officials said during the company earnings discussion on May 8, 2023 that the start up of the ethylene and polyethylene complex with 1.6 million tonnes of annual capacity of polyethylene where construction was completed last year has proceeded in a way...

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