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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ICIS Blogs : chemical industry news</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/chemical+industry+news/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: chemical industry news</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>APLA conference outlines global petrochemical demand in 2007</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/19/apla-conference-outlines-global-petrochemical-demand-in-2007.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:29:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:356</guid><dc:creator>New at ICIS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=356</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/19/apla-conference-outlines-global-petrochemical-demand-in-2007.aspx#comments</comments><description>Global petrochemical demand will total 531 million tonnes in 2007 according to a presentation at the APLA conference in Buenos Aires today. Plastics will constitute 31% of demand, light olefins 24%, methanol 7%, chloralkali 21% and aromatics 17%. ICIS...(&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/19/apla-conference-outlines-global-petrochemical-demand-in-2007.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/aggbug.aspx?PostID=356" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/ICIS/default.aspx">ICIS</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/APLA/default.aspx">APLA</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemical+industry+news/default.aspx">Chemical industry news</category></item><item><title>APLA opens in Buenos Aires</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/18/apla-opens-in-buenos-aires.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:23:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:357</guid><dc:creator>New at ICIS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=357</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/18/apla-opens-in-buenos-aires.aspx#comments</comments><description>The annual APLA conference started today in Buenos Aires, with ICIS welcoming customers to our suite in room 510 at the Hilton hotel. We will be holding a cocktail reception from 1pm, which industry players are welcome to attend to speak to our editors...(&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/18/apla-opens-in-buenos-aires.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/aggbug.aspx?PostID=357" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/ICIS/default.aspx">ICIS</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/APLA/default.aspx">APLA</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemical+industry+news/default.aspx">Chemical industry news</category></item><item><title>ICIS at APLA 2007</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/13/icis-at-apla-2007.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:40:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:359</guid><dc:creator>New at ICIS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=359</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/13/icis-at-apla-2007.aspx#comments</comments><description>ICIS is set to have a strong presence at the forthcoming APLA conference in Buenos Aires. Please come along and see us to pick up a copy of the latest ICIS pricing reports or to talk to us about our extensive range of services for the global chemical...(&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/11/13/icis-at-apla-2007.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/ICIS/default.aspx">ICIS</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/APLA/default.aspx">APLA</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemical+industry+news/default.aspx">Chemical industry news</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/ICIS+Chemical+Business/default.aspx">ICIS Chemical Business</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Buenos+Aires/default.aspx">Buenos Aires</category></item><item><title>Free ICIS Prize Draw - win US$500 of Amazon vouchers</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/10/01/free-icis-prize-draw-win-us-500-of-amazon-vouchers.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:53:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:362</guid><dc:creator>New at ICIS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=362</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/10/01/free-icis-prize-draw-win-us-500-of-amazon-vouchers.aspx#comments</comments><description>ICIS news is celebrating its 10th Anniversary by giving you the chance to win US$500 worth of Amazon vouchers which are redeemable for thousands of items on the Amazon website. Take out a free trial to ICIS news , or recommend a colleague for a trial...(&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/10/01/free-icis-prize-draw-win-us-500-of-amazon-vouchers.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/aggbug.aspx?PostID=362" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/ICIS/default.aspx">ICIS</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/ICIS+news/default.aspx">ICIS news</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemical+industry+news/default.aspx">Chemical industry news</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/10th+anniversary/default.aspx">10th anniversary</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Amazon+vouchers/default.aspx">Amazon vouchers</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Raj+Rajendran/default.aspx">Raj Rajendran</category></item><item><title>ICIS chemical plants and projects data is now downloadable!</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/09/06/icis-chemical-plants-and-projects-data-is-now-downloadable.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:27:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:364</guid><dc:creator>New at ICIS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=364</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/09/06/icis-chemical-plants-and-projects-data-is-now-downloadable.aspx#comments</comments><description>The ICIS Plants &amp;amp; Projects database is a worldwide listing of the main industrial bulk chemical plants and projects. This database is now downloadable in Excel, allowing subscribers to manipulate the data and feed it into proprietary tools. 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Click here to subscribe to the &amp;#39;Asian Chemicals Connection&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;India and US Fine and Pharmaceutical Chemicals&amp;#39; or &amp;#39;CEO opinion&amp;#39; newsletters. Read More...(&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/08/30/icis-launches-chemical-industry-newsletters.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/aggbug.aspx?PostID=365" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemical+industry+news/default.aspx">Chemical industry news</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Free/default.aspx">Free</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Newsletters/default.aspx">Newsletters</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Asian+Chemicals+Connection/default.aspx">Asian Chemicals Connection</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/India+and+US+Fine+and+Pharmaceutical+Chemicals/default.aspx">India and US Fine and Pharmaceutical Chemicals</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/CEO+opinion/default.aspx">CEO opinion</category></item><item><title>ICIS attends key chemical industry events</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/08/30/icis-attends-key-chemical-industry-events.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:25:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:366</guid><dc:creator>New at ICIS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=366</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/08/30/icis-attends-key-chemical-industry-events.aspx#comments</comments><description>The ICIS team will be attending several key chemical industry conferences and exhibitions in 2007. To find out more about what we do, or just to say &amp;quot;hello&amp;quot;, please drop by our stand at EPCA , K , CPhI , APLA , NACD Annual Meeting and GPCA Read...(&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/08/30/icis-attends-key-chemical-industry-events.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/aggbug.aspx?PostID=366" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/APLA/default.aspx">APLA</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemical+industry+news/default.aspx">Chemical industry news</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/GPCA/default.aspx">GPCA</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/K/default.aspx">K</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/NACD/default.aspx">NACD</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/EPCA/default.aspx">EPCA</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/CPhI/default.aspx">CPhI</category></item><item><title>ICIS and CBI China form joint venture</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/08/28/icis-and-cbi-china-form-joint-venture.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:37:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:368</guid><dc:creator>New at ICIS</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=368</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/08/28/icis-and-cbi-china-form-joint-venture.aspx#comments</comments><description>ICIS and CBI China Ltd have formed a joint venture to deliver information on Chinese markets to a global audience involved in or monitoring commodities in this region. At the same time, the new company will offer global market intelligence to their Chinese...(&lt;a href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/2007/08/28/icis-and-cbi-china-form-joint-venture.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/aggbug.aspx?PostID=368" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/China/default.aspx">China</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemease/default.aspx">Chemease</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/CBI/default.aspx">CBI</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/ICIS/default.aspx">ICIS</category><category domain="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/blogs/chemblogwatch/archive/tags/Chemical+industry+news/default.aspx">Chemical industry news</category></item></channel></rss>