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Commentary: Investors must cut back chemical profit expectations on 'slow-growth and volatile' environment
US bellwethers Dow Chemical and DuPont post big declines in their third-quarter earnings and express caution on the outlook. It is time to lower.... more
(29 October 2012 00:00)

Commentary: BASF Q3 result highlights Europe woes
BASF last week posted double-digit declines in operating profit across four of its five chemicals divisions in the third quarter of 2012, and.... more
(29 October 2012 00:00)

Asia top stories - weekly summary
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 26 October 2012. (Please click on the.... more
(29 October 2012 01:58)

China’s Sinopec profits fall 9.4% to CNY18.3bn in third quarter
SINGAPORE (ICIS)-- China ’s largest refiner Sinopec said on Sunday that it has posted a 9.4% drop in third-quarter net profits to yuan (CNY).... more
(29 October 2012 03:56)

China’s acrylic acid, esters prices rising on tight supply
By Liu Lin and Samuel Wong SINGAPORE (ICIS)--The domestic prices of acrylic acid (AA) and acrylate esters in China is.... more
(29 October 2012 04:06)

VIDEO: ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 29 October 2012
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Monday 29 October 2012 from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and.... more
(29 October 2012 06:00)

Germany's Linde Q3 net profit rises 8%, targets €900m savings
(adds third-quarter earnings) LONDON (ICIS)--Germany-based industrial gases producer Linde reported an 8% year-on-year increase in net profit.... more
(29 October 2012 11:06)

ICIS launches the 2012 versions of its annual plastics studies
The studies give participants in the plastics industry access to expert data and analysis in order to identify growth opportunities, evaluate.... more
(29 October 2012 12:40)

VIDEO - ICIS Europe Lunchtime Bulletin 29 October 2012
This is the lunchtime bulletin for Europe on Monday 29 October from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest.... more
(29 October 2012 13:00)

US east coast braces for Hurricane Sandy
WASHINGTON ( ICIS)-- US federal offices have been shut down, subway and other public transportation services in the capital region have been.... more
(29 October 2012 14:41)

Ireland's ESB must sell electricity generation assets by 2014
The Irish government has instructed partially state-owned electricity incumbent ESB to sell its "non-strategic" assets for €400m by the end of 2014,.... more
(29 October 2012 15:20)

US refiners shut down, reduce rates ahead of hurricane
(adds updates throughout) HOUSTON (ICIS)--Several northeast US energy producers shut down or reduced operating rates as Hurricane Sandy drew.... more
(29 October 2012 15:43)

Newcastle coal shipments register small decline
Coal shipped from the Australian port of Newcastle decreased marginally by 3.4%, to 2.8m tonnes, in the seven-day period ending 29 October,.... more
(29 October 2012 15:55)

US benzene bids, offers widen on Hurricane Sandy
(adds paragraphs 1-11) HOUSTON (ICIS)--Bids and offers for US benzene widened on Monday because of concerns about Hurricane Sandy, which.... more
(29 October 2012 16:36)

Pace of UK energy sector investment too slow – Ernst & Young
The pace of investment in the UK power sector is falling behind what the country needs to meet its 2020 emissions reduction target, according to an.... more
(29 October 2012 16:48)

French EDF named as third Bergermeer natural gas storage launch customer
French utility EDF has been named as the third launch customer at the Dutch Bergermeer storage facility, the operator's commercial manager told ICIS.... more
(29 October 2012 17:06)

VIDEO - ICIS Americas Lunchtime Bulletin 29 October 2012
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for the Americas on Monday from ICIS . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals.... more
(29 October 2012 18:00)

Proposed restriction on carbon ERU damages investment - JIAG
Project developers of the Joint Implementation (JI) mechanism, which falls under the Kyoto Protocol and generates emission reduction units (ERUs),.... more
(29 October 2012 18:28)

Hurricane Sandy begins to hammer New Jersey
(adds updates throughout) HOUSTON (ICIS)--Hurricane Sandy began to hammer the US northeast coastline on Monday with life threatening storm surges.... more
(29 October 2012 23:05)

VIDEO: ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 30 October 2012
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Tuesday 30 October 2012 from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and.... more
(30 October 2012 06:00)

China’s Beifang Petroleum & Chemical to start up LNG unit in 2014
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--China’s Beifang Petroleum & Chemical plans to start up a 1m cubic metre (cbm)/day gas liquefaction plant at Ordos in Inner.... more
(30 October 2012 06:44)

China annual methanol demand to spike on MTO, MTP projects
By Heng Hui SINGAPORE (ICIS)-- China ’s annual methanol demand for non-traditional uses is expected to grow by more than 20% in the.... more
(30 October 2012 08:38)

Germany's Bayer MaterialScience Q3 PU sales rise by 10.2%
(adds segment financials, MDI/TDI price movements) LONDON (ICIS)--Sales for Bayer MaterialScience’s polyurethane (PU) business unit rose.... more
(30 October 2012 12:37)

VIDEO - ICIS Europe Lunchtime Bulletin 30 October 2012
This is the lunchtime bulletin for Europe on Tuesday 30 October from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest.... more
(30 October 2012 13:00)

Japan's Hitachi agrees to buy UK Horizon nuclear electricity project
Japanese technology giant Hitachi has agreed to buy the UK's Horizon nuclear electricity project, which could potentially add 7.8GW of capacity,.... more
(30 October 2012 14:37)

Decreases for Europe ethylene, propylene Nov CPs established
(adds more detail on pricing movements) LONDON (ICIS)--European ethylene and propylene contract prices for November have been established largely.... more
(30 October 2012 15:18)

US DuPont closes headquarters, 7 sites due to Hurricane Sandy
HOUSTON (ICIS)--DuPont said it had temporarily closed its Wilmington office in Delaware and research facilities as well as seven sites as the.... more
(30 October 2012 16:05)

Hurricane Sandy causes $10bn in economic damage - estimate
HOUSTON (ICIS)---Hurricane Sandy may cause about $5bn (€3.85bn) in damages and an additional $10bn in economic damages in the US northeast,.... more
(30 October 2012 16:32)

E-Control predicts integrated regional natural gas hub by 2014
Austrian energy regulator E-Control has predicted a combined market zone for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria could be realised by 2014 if.... more
(30 October 2012 16:51)

Allowances to be held back in early phase III auctions
Carbon market participants will miss out on allowances from most member states signed up to the EU's common auctioning platform in its early phase.... more
(30 October 2012 17:35)

Scotland targets 50% of demand met by renewable electricity by 2015
Scotland will aim to produce the equivalent of 50% of its consumed electricity from renewable sources by 2015, first minister Alex Salmond said late.... more
(30 October 2012 18:11)

US Philadelphia refinery to restart following Sandy
(adds details throughout) HOUSTON (ICIS)--Philadelphia Energy Solutions expects its refinery in Pennsylvania to resume normal operations by.... more
(30 October 2012 23:35)

VIDEO: ICIS Asia Lunchtime Bulletin 31 October 2012
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for Asia on Wednesday 31 October 2012 from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and.... more
(31 October 2012 06:00)

Asia ABS demand may pick up as premium over HIPS thins down
By Clive Ong SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Demand for acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) in Asia may improve following a substantial weakening of.... more
(31 October 2012 06:34)

Iran unlikely to include PE in proposed export ban – traders
By Chow Bee Lin SINGAPORE (ICIS)-- Iran is unlikely to stop exporting polyethylene (PE) resins because the domestic market could not.... more
(31 October 2012 11:10)

Global slowdown impacts Clariant chems divisions Q3 EBITDA
(adds more financial detail throughout) LONDON (ICIS)--The weakening global economic environment has resulted in year-on-year falls in EBITDA.... more
(31 October 2012 12:33)

VIDEO - ICIS Europe Lunchtime Bulletin 31 October 2012
This is the lunchtime bulletin for Europe on Wednesday 31 October from ICIS. The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest.... more
(31 October 2012 13:00)

New UK subsidy scheme will boost PPA market - DECC
The UK's new subsidy scheme for low-carbon electricity will boost liquidity and competition for independent generators within their traditional.... more
(31 October 2012 13:21)

Monthly physical coal indices – the story behind the numbers
ICIS international physical coal indices continued to fall in October as participants abandoned hopes of an increase in Asian demand in the last.... more
(31 October 2012 16:29)

E-Control calls for Oberkappel natural gas capacity expansion of 30-50%
The Austrian-German natural gas grid bottleneck in Oberkappel needs a capacity expansion of 30-50%, Walter Boltz, head of Austrian energy regulator.... more
(31 October 2012 16:56)

Tighter carbon offset targets needed to safeguard CDM - UN research
Less than a month before the next international climate summit kicks off in Doha, Qatar, research on the United Nations' clean development mechanism.... more
(31 October 2012 17:14)

INSIGHT: China styrene prices swing and defy trend
“The price decline in the fourth quarter anticipated by many market players did not materialise.” more
(31 October 2012 17:34)

US east-coast refiners resume operations after Hurricane Sandy
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Monroe Energy is operating at normal capacity at its refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, as the US energy sector resumes operations.... more
(31 October 2012 18:39)

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