Chemicals
Chemical stock update
Categories: Chemicals
PolyOne adds TPE in Brazil
Categories: Chemicals
SNF plans acrylamide unit
Categories: Chemicals
Haldor Topsøe passes away
Categories: Chemicals
USDA reports corn plantings at 71%; soybeans at 24%
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US farmers made record pace in the 2013 season as corn plantings have climbed to 71% nationwide according to Monday’s release of the...
Categories: Chemicals
Lower-priced China thermoplastic PU resins are reaching the Americas
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) resin imports from China are reaching the Americas because of competitive pricing, US-based trader...
Categories: Chemicals
Mexican communities to sue Pemex over environmental damage
MEDELLIN, Colombia (ICIS)--Residents from two communities in the south-eastern Mexican state of Tabasco are suing state-run oil company Petroleos...
Categories: Chemicals
Argentina PVC prices could decline in June
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) prices in Argentina could decline in June by $60-100/tonne, lagging direction from other global regions,...
Categories: Chemicals
Researchers say compostable polyethylene no longer a pipe dream
By Jeremy Pafford SAO PAULO (ICIS)--One man’s love of cows may someday help mankind get rid of its plastic bag waste problem. The end result of that...
Categories: Chemicals
EVENING SNAPSHOT - Americas Markets Summary
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Here is Monday’s end of day Americas oil and chemical market summary from ICIS. CRUDE: Jun WTI: $96.71/bbl, up 69 cents; Jul Brent:...
Categories: Chemicals
US spot ethylene solidifies slide after supply-based surge
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US spot ethylene prices for front-month material solidified their slide from the previous week’s mid-week run-up on Monday. US May...
Categories: Chemicals
Business economists increasingly optimistic about US recovery
WASHINGTON (ICIS)--US business economists are increasingly optimistic about the nation’s economic recovery, a key survey said on Monday, with...
Categories: Chemicals
Epoxidised soybean oil gains as plasticizer in Latin America
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Epoxidised soybean oil (ESBO) is gaining market share over dioctyl phthalate (DOP) and other petrochemical-based plasticizers for...
Categories: Chemicals
US court estimates that RPM units owe $1.17bn in asbestos claims
HOUSTON (ICIS)--A US bankruptcy court estimated that two units of RPM International owe about $1.17bn (€913m) in asbestos claims, the adhesives and...
Categories: Chemicals
Q1 Brazil’s consumption of plastic products up by 8% over Q1 2012
SAO PAOLO (ICIS)--Brazil’s apparent consumption of transformed plastic products grew by 8% to Brazilian reais (R) 15bn ($7.4bn, €5.7bn ) in the...
Categories: Chemicals
Brazilian Q1 plastics productivity index grew by 1% year on year
SAO PAOLO (ICIS)--In the first quarter of 2013, the productivity of the transformed plastic products sector grew by 1%, said Jose Ricardo Roriz...
Categories: Chemicals
The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...
"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more