The opening of a downstream plastics manufacturing plant in the Salalah free zone in December 2006 marked the beginning of a new phase in the region's petrochemical industry. It caught many by surprise...
LONDON -- The global cyclohexane industry growth is highly dependent on the total growth of various end-use markets in the developing countries like China, India and Saudi Arabia. The Chinese market is set...
Effective February 15, 2012 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Reichhold, Inc. announced a price increase today of $0.08 per pound on all unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins and flame retardant resins sold...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f07905/developments_in_st) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Developments in Strategic Materials and Computational Design II: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 32,...
HOUSTON -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) issued the following statement on Georgia Gulf Corporation's (NYSE: GGC) rejection of Westlake's proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf for $30.00 per share in cash and its...
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 13 January 2012 (Please click on the link to read the full text) [1]OUTLOOK...
World project costs by mid-2008 had risen sharply, causing Echem to double the estimate of its PMP's investments to $20bn. Since then, costs have dropped but remain considerably higher than Echem's 2002 estimate....
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6b25a2/turkey_petrochemic) has announced the addition of the "Turkey Petrochemicals Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. Turkish petrochemicals production will face a squeeze on margins going forward as...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6c09da/india_petrochemica) has announced the addition of the "India Petrochemicals Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. The Indian petrochemicals market is set to see full-year growth figures at...
Movement on other four of Echem's projects, supposed to begin from the first quarter of 2011, was halted because of the revolution. This means completion of all the four plants will be delayed...
In December 2010, the Arab Petroleum Investments Corp (APICORP), a multilateral development bank of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), sold 12% stake in ACBC to the Aditya Birla Group of...
Under an agreement signed on Feb. 11, 2008, Echem and the Italian industrial conglomerate Tecnimont have set up a JV in Egypt to offer project management (PMC) and engineering services. Shareholders in this...
The first phase of EPC's complex at Ameriya came on stream in early 1986. A $700m second phase involving public sector banks and insurance firms as partners of EPC came on stream in...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/be94b6/styrene_butadiene) has announced the addition of the "Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) Global Market to 2020 - Demand for Solution-Styrene Butadiene Rubber (S-SBR) Increasing In-line with Uptake of High-Performance...
$1.1 Billion Proposal Provides Immediate and Significant Premium to Georgia Gulf Shareholders HOUSTON -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that it has submitted a proposal to Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC)...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d6758c/iran_petrochemical) has announced the addition of the "Iran Petrochemicals Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. The international sanctions regime is beginning to bite Iran's petrochemicals sector as investment...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/68cd26/light_olefins_amer) has announced the addition of the "Light Olefins Americas Market to 2020 - Cost Effective Ethylene from Shale Gas-Derived Ethane and On-Purpose Technology for Propylene to Promote...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/284035/kuwait_petrochemic) has announced the addition of the "Kuwait Petrochemicals Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. Business Monitor International's Kuwait Petrochemicals Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/df012e/south_africa_petro) has announced the addition of the "South Africa Petrochemicals Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. The South African petrochemicals industry is facing economic headwinds both at...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/42c061/light_olefins_asia) has announced the addition of the "Light Olefins Asia-Pacific Market to 2020 - Asia-Pacific Dominance Maintained as China to Become Global Leader by 2015" report to their...