ICIS - Search Articles by Date : August 09 2004 - August 15 2004

Breaking News Roundup
American Vanguard Results Up more
(12 August 2004 19:52)

NPI buys rights to Dobutrex brand
NICHOLAS Piramal India (NPI) has acquired the rights to Eli Lilly’s Dobutrex brand of cardiac stimulants in India, an NPI source told ACN. more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

A new series on the environment
WHERE does a chemical company’s responsibility for the environment stop? more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Sumitomo sells resin business
SUMITOMO Chemical has sold its domestic fibre-processing resin business to Dainippon Ink and Chemicals for an undisclosed price. more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Troubled waters
The Chinese government is struggling to rein in the country’s environmental problems, particularly along the Huai River. Prema Viswanathan and.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Global roundup
From stories supplied by the CNI and ACN teams more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Market Trends: Styrene stays high
Strong demand and tight supply push up styrene. Prices of toluene, mixed xylenes, paraxylene, orthoxylene, and phenol also surge more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Market Trends: Propylene on the rise
Naphtha increases to US$415/tonne following the upward movement in crude-oil prices, while ethylene reaches US$1070-1080/tonne more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Tolling aids ethylene sellers
A FEW Asian ethylene traders and end-users have turned to tolling arrangements to overcome the barrier of high ethylene spot prices, which had hit.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

MGC looks beyond Australia for DME
MITSUBISHI Gas Chemical (MGC) is considering other countries besides Australia as the location for its dimethyl ether (DME) project. more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Aromatics M’sia debottlenecking
AROMATICS Malaysia will debottleneck its paraxylene (PX) and benzene plants in Kerteh, Malaysia, during a routine turnaround in April 2005. more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Huainan, Japanese firms in jv talks
ANHUI Huainan Chemical Group Co is in talks with a consortium of Japanese companies on an earlier-announced ammonia joint-venture project in Huainan,.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Urumqi to hike methanol output
URUMQI Petrochemical has revised the capacity of its methanol project to either 800 000 tonne/year or 1.5m tonne/year, a company spokesman told ACN. more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Work starts on Qinghai PVC project in China
QINGHAI Western Chemical has started preliminary work on its integrated polyvinyl chloride (PVC), magnesium and methanol project in Geermu, Qinghai,.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Baota gets nod for methanol unit
THE Chinese government has given Ningxia Baota Petrochemical’s feasibility study on a 600 000 tonne/year methanol project in-principle approval, a.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Torch’s methanol delayed by credit controls
TORCH Investment has delayed the start-up of its 500 000 tonne/year coal-based methanol project to H1 2006 in Huaibei, Anhui, China, a company source.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Arvand extends EPC-bids deadline for Iranian MEG
ARVAND Petrochemical, a subsidiary of National Petrochemical Co (NPC), expects to receive turnkey bids from five shortlisted consortia for its.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Iran PA shortlists three consortia
ESFAHAN Petrochemical has shortlisted three consortia of contractors for its phthalic anhydride (PA) project in Esfahan, Iran. more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

OOC likely to invest in MEG
OMAN Oil Co (OOC) has emerged as a likely investor in Thai Olefins Co’s (TOC) monoethylene glycol (MEG) project in Mab Ta Phut, Thailand, according.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

China PU project
EVERMORE Chemical Industry Co is mulling building a 30 000-40 0000 tonne/year polyurethane (PU) plant in Chongqing, Sichuan, China. more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Polymer Trends: PS prices shoot up
Higher styrene costs have knock-on effect on PS and ABS. Prices of other polymers increase despite concerns that small processors may not be able to.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Toluene may get Korean price push
SOUTH Korean toluene producers were last week looking to push up September prices to US$810-820/tonne fob Korea because of tight supply and firm.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Specialities roundup
POLYONE said it had completed the sale of its elastomers and performance-additives business to an investor group led by Lion Chemical Capital.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)

Singpu to divest YSC stake
SINGAPORE-listed Singpu Chemicals plans to sell off its stake in Singpu Chemical Industries (Yancheng) Co (YSC) next year, the company’s chief.... more
(13 August 2004 17:11)