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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...

Mexican PVC demand sees weakness even as prices lower than year ago

Sep 3, 2023

Demand in Mexico for polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, was as of late August 2023 relatively weak with businesses that buy the resin to mix with plasticizers, to make compound products used across industries, having a difficult time placing the volumes that they...

Mexico-based Orbia plans to build integrated chlor alkali PVC capacity in Texas as it anticipates tightening supply

Jul 22, 2023

Orbia, a Mexico City-based firm with global operations that makes goods including specialty PVC and plastic resins, will do its own research to understand the true supply outlook for this resin heavily used in home fixtures and water pipes, and mull the...

Worker availability for new petrochemical projects tight with some construction materials in short supply

Apr 24, 2023

The availability of workers to help build new petrochemical plants or participate in maintenance work is seen early in the second quarter of 2023 as tight, with some key construction materials also in short supply.

U.S. resin prices seen moving lower in 2023

Apr 23, 2023

U.S. plastic resin prices appear set to move closer in what is left of 2023 to lower prices elsewhere in the world, particularly after the North American market started to feel the full impact of plants started in recent months, a market analyst for polymers...

Plastic resin producers slowly advance projects amid capacity increases, weak demand

Feb 8, 2023

Dow will continue to hold talks with Canadian authorities over incentives in 2023 with a final decision anticipated by year’s end on a project that would include tripling its ethylene and polyethylene capacity in Alberta, Canada. The work was originally...

Environmental groups to sue Shell; Peru LPG Society consultant, Talara refinery manager take top energy roles in new Peru government; Orbia gets lithium technology; Texas plant certified to process pyrolysis oil

Feb 8, 2023

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Plastic resin prices in Mexico hit two-year low in Jan. 2023 but seen finding support after U.S. Dec. weather event

Jan 9, 2023

Prices offered by distributors in Mexico for pellets made by the biggest U.S. Gulf Coast plants for the most traded plastic resin, polyethylene, showed in the first week of January the lowest levels in about two years, but there was support after the freezing...

U.S. plants increase coatings, adhesives, dyes and pigments output in late 2022; Cox Enterprises to invest $150 million in plastic recycling through Nexus; U.S. home sales see weakness; Braskem taps KPMG as new auditors for rotation

Jan 9, 2023

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CPChem, Qatar to build new polyethylene plant in Texas-Louisiana border

Nov 19, 2022

Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy announced on Nov. 16, 2022 plans to build an $8.5-billion ethylene and polyethylene integrated complex on the Texas side of the Sabine River at the Louisiana border, with CPChem owning 51% of the venture and startup...

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