Chemical Business Newsbase articles from September 2008, page 9

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Methanol is steady on Russian market.
September 28, 2008... On the Russian market methanol demand corresponds to availability. The price of methanol is stable at Roubles 13,000 to 15,000/tonne. Market experts consider the price will not change in the future.

The demand for polyethylene tubes on Russian market is high.
September 28, 2008... On the Russian market, demand for polyethylene tubes is very stable. The most popular are tubes of 110 to 500 mm, but those of 800 mm to 1200 mm diameter are in deficit. From May to Aug 2008 polyethylene tubes increased in price by 10%.

Voronezhsintezkauchuk increases thermoplastic resins output.
September 28, 2008... OAO Voronezhsintezkauchuk (VSK, OAO Sibur holding subsidiary, Russia) is the only domestic thermoplastic resin producer. Demand on the market is increasing constantly. Recently VSK put into operation equipment for thermoplastic resins...

BASF launches in Russia the production of paints and protective coatings.
September 28, 2008... BASF (Germany) has become the first foreign producer on the Russia market of paints and protective coatings. Recently it launched in Pavlovskii Pasad (Moscow region), 60 km away from Moscow, a new plant for paint and protective coatings...

Eko PTI puts new dyes on the market.
September 28, 2008... Eko PTI Holding (Sergiev Pasad, Moscow region, Russia) started production of a new type of dye under the Ekobio brand, which includes nanoparticles of silver. The silver is biologically active and could be used as an antimicrobial addition to...

Evrokhim develops potassium salt field in Volgograd region.
September 28, 2008... MKKh Evrokhim (Russia) is a large domestic fertilizer producer. Among others it is continuing the preparation work to develop Gremyachinskoe potassium salt field (Volgograd region). The reserves of the field are 1.2 bn tonnes with 41% average...

Sibur Holding creates new subsidiary.
September 28, 2008... Sibur Holding (Russia) is a large domestic petrochemical producer. Recently it established OOO Sibur Vostok subsidiary. It will coordinate the realization of the investment programs of Sibur in Far East and East Siberia. Mainly it would be...

Kuibyshevazot proposes to cancel duty for benzene imports.
September 28, 2008... OAO Kuibyshevazot (KuAz, Tolyatti, Russia) has applied to the government to cancel 5% duty for benzene imports. On the domestic market benzene is in deficit. The customer is forced to import it, but foreign benzene is 1.2 to 2 times more...

Voskresenskie mineralnye udobreniya decreases phosphoric acid output.
September 28, 2008... OAO Voskresenskie mineralnye udobreniya (Uralkhim subsidiary, Moscow region, Russia) gave advance notice to contracting parties about a decrease of phosphoric acid output. This is caused by decreased apatite concentrate delivery by OAO Apatit...

Salavatnefteorgsintez modernises ammonia production.
September 28, 2008... OAO Salavatnefteorgsintez (Bashkortostan republic, Russia) is planning to restructure its gas chemical plant. As part of the existing ammonia production line the unit would be implemented for the hydrogen and ammonia extraction from stack...

Kazanorgsintez starts producing polycarbonates.
September 28, 2008... OAO Kazanorgsintez (Tatarstan republic, Russia) launched its new plant Zavod Polikarbonatov. The first batch of polycarbonate has been produced. Plant capacity is 65,000 tonnes/y. It is the only enterprise in Russia and CIS countries...

Demand on Russian market for polycarbonate plates grows by 25%/y.
September 28, 2008... On the Russian market there is a deficit for polycarbonate plates (PCP). They are produced by 5 plants with low capacities. The main demand is covering by import. By 2015 PCP domestic market would be 49,516 tonnes with 25% annual growth,...

Sayanskkhimplast plans to modernize polymer production.
September 28, 2008... OAO Sayanskkhimplast (Central Siberia, Russia) is planning to change completely its equipment and technology for vinyl chloride and PVC production. It is planning also to construct a fourth furnace for dichloroethane pyrolysis, at 200,000...

Duties for Russian fertilizer export will remain to the end of 2009.
September 28, 2008... Export duties for fertilizers in Russia will remain until end of 2009. For nitrogen and complex fertilizers it will be 8.5% and for potassium 5%. In 2009 it will allow additionally investing in domestic agricultural industry development of...

Kirov tyre plant stops output.
September 28, 2008... OAO Kirovskii shinnyi zavod (KShZ, Amtel Vredestein subsidiary under Amtel Povolzhe name, Russia) is one of the tyre plants belonging to Amtel. KShZ capacities are 7.2 M tyres/y. Its output is 20 models of Vredestein and more than 50 models...

Russia will invest a great deal of funding in petrochemicals up to 2011.
September 28, 2008... It is reported in an analysis of Russia's development from 2009 to 2011, that Roubles 370 bn would be invested in the development of the petrochemical industry. In particular the capacities of Nizhnekamskii gas petrochemical industrial...

Kauchuk invests in propane propylene fraction production.
September 28, 2008... OAO Kauchuk (Russia) is realizing a project on propane propylene fraction (PPF) production and storage. PPF would be manufactured from collateral gas that previously was burned. Realization of this project will allow production of new product...

New gas chemicals industrial complex starts construction in Novyi Urengoi.
September 28, 2008... In Novyi Urengoi (Western Siberia, Russia) the construction of one of the largest domestic gas chemical industrial complex Novourengoiskii GKhK (Gazprom subsidiary) has begun. The technology stipulates: ethane production from natural gas,...

Uralkalii fixes price for potassium chloride for 2008.
September 28, 2008... OAO Uralkalii (Russia) is a large domestic potassium fertilizer producer and exporter. It has agreed with MKKh Evrokhim and OAO Fosagro on keeping during 2008 the price of Roubles 3500/tonne for potassium chloride deliveries for the domestic...

Pirelli and Rostekhnologii invest $250 M in JV.
September 28, 2008... Pirelli (Italy) is establishing a joint venture with Rostechnologii (State Corporation, Russia) to produce 4.2 M tyres/y. The investment in the project is $250 M. The location of the future tyre producing enterprise is Tolyatti industrial...

Ukraine exports 993,000 tonnes of ammonia.
September 28, 2008... During 7 months of 2008 Ukraine exported 993,000 tonnes of ammonia (+11% compared to the same period of 2007). At the same time domestic ammonia output was 3.097 M tonnes (+1% to 2007) including: Stirol 693,300 tonnes (-14%), Odessa Azot...

Belarus increases output of chemicals and petrochemicals.
September 28, 2008... During the first 7 months of 2008 Belarus increased the output of chemical and petrochemical products. Fertilizer output was 3.707 M tonnes (+2.5% compared to the same period of 2007), sulfuric acid 488,100 tonnes (+8.3%), benzene 60,500...

Belshina (Belarustyres, Belarus) increases presence on Austrian and Slovakian markets.
September 28, 2008... OAO Belshina (Belarus) is among the largest European tyre producers. Its output is more than 200 types of tyres for lorries, buses, industrial buildings machines, hoisting mechanisms and other heavy transport machines. Belshina is carrying...

Uzbekistan is developing plastic products manufactured from polymer waste.
September 28, 2008... OOO Stoplast (Fergana region, Uzbekistan) put into operation a line for the production of plastic items for domestic application of more than 20 types. Plastic items are produced from polymer waste, the collection of which is organized in...

Belarus Potassium Co plans to export 700,000 tonnes of fertilizer to the USA.
September 28, 2008... ZAO Bolarusskaya kaliinaya kompaniya (Belarus) is the only exporter of potassium fertilizers produced by RUP Belaruskalii and OAO Uralkalii (Russia). In 2008 it is planning to deliver to USA 700,000 tonnes of potassium fertilizers. In 1H 2008...

CEPSA plans to construct phenol and acetone plant in China.
September 28, 2008... Cepsa (Spain) plans to invest $130 M in the construction of a new plant for the production of phenol and acetone in Shanghai (China). Planned plant capacities are 250,000 tonnes/y of phenol and 150,000 tonnes/y of acetone. These products...

Jinniu Chemical resumes caustic soda plant construction.
September 28, 2008... Jinniu Chemical Industry (China) is planning to resume the construction of a plant for the production of 80,000 tonnes/y of caustic soda in Khebei province. The investment in the project is $39.4 M. Besides soda 51,500 tonnes/y of chlorine...

Existing anti-obesity drugs may be effective against flu, hepatitis and HIV flu virus with envelope.
September 28, 2008... Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and inhibit viral infection, according to a study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology....

VEGF Trap-Eye: New data confirm successes in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration.
September 28, 2008... On 28 Sep 2008, Bayer AG announced that VEGF Trap-Eye can achieve durable improvements in visual acuity and in biologic measurement parameters in the formation of new blood vessels in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMG)....

VEGF trap-eye final Phase II results in age-related macular degeneration presented at 2008 Retina Society Meeting.
September 28, 2008... Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Bayer HealthCare AG announced that VEGF Trap-Eye achieved durable improvements in visual acuity and in biologic measures of neovascular disease, including retinal thickness and active choroidal...

Kakatiya Cement declares 24% dividend.
September 28, 2008... The Hyderabad-based Kakatiya Cement, Sugar and Industries Ltd has declared a dividend of Rup 2.40/share ie, 24% for 2007-2008.

'India to depend on edible oil imports for 3-4 years': Agri products' support price hiked to encourage cultivation.
September 28, 2008... The Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation has stated that India will depend on imports of edible oil till 2012/2013. India will have to import 4-4.5 M tonnes/y of edible oils. The demand is increasing by 4%/y and has touched 13...

'Relax export norms to tap global clinical R&D market': Clinical studies outsourcing estimated at $1 bn 2010.
September 28, 2008... The Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) has urged the Government of India to relax norms for exports of body fluids and test samples to derive benefit from the opportunity in contract research and clinical trials. OPPI...

Britain's family uranium is safe in French hands: EDF Energy's chief assures Margareta Pagano that consumers can put their trust in a new generation of nuclear reactors.
September 28, 2008... Vincent de Rivaz, the chief executive of France's EDF Energy, which is now in control of the UK's nuclear energy programme, says, that EDF's #12.5 bn takeover will bring security of energy supplies to the UK and place British Energy at the...

Hologic receives FDA clearance to incorporate world health organization 10-year fracture risk assessment into its bone densitometer systems.
September 28, 2008... Hologic Inc has announced it is the first diagnostic medical device manufacturer to receive FDA clearance to incorporate the World Health Organization (WHO) FRAX 10-year fracture risk calculator into its bone densitometer systems. The WHO...

Dabur Nepal resumes operations.
September 27, 2008... Dabur Nepal, the Nepal subsidiary of the Indian ayurvedic medicines major Dabur, has resumed operations on 25 Sep 2008 at its Birgunj, Parsa district facility. The facility was under a near month-long lock out due to labour problems that...

Balmer Lawrie dividend at 170%.
September 27, 2008... The shareholders of Balmer Lawrie & Co have approved a dividend of 170% for 2006-2007. The company posted a net profit of Rup 869.3 M on a net income of over Rup 14.9 bn for 2006-2007 (net profit of Rup 702.2 M on net income of Rup 13 bn in...

Anjani Portland declares dividend.
September 27, 2008... The Hyderabad-based Anjani Portland Cement Ltd has announced a dividend of Rup 1.50/share of Rup 10 for 2007-2008.

IOC awaits Turkish response to project proposals: it has been 2 years since it planned investments.
September 27, 2008... IndianOil Corp (IOC) is still awaiting response for its investment proposals in Turkey from the Turkish authorities. IOC plans to set up a $6 bn, 15 M tonnes grassroot refinery at the port city of Ceyhan in joint venture with the Calik Group...

Synthetic fibre makers banking on weak rupee for growth.
September 27, 2008... The synthetic fibre manufacturers are relying on the weakening rupee against the dollar to retain the growth tempo during 2008-2009. Analysts opine that the exporters of synthetic fibres will face competition from China, as China has...

MidAmerican and Berkshire Hathaway announce investment in BYD Co Ltd.
September 27, 2008... MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co, a Berkshire Hathaway Inc subsidiary, has agreed to purchase 225 M shares, representing about a 10% interest, in BYD Co Ltd. The investment is valued at HK$ 1.8 bn. BYD's corporate focus is researching,...

FDA continues to review prasugrel new drug application.
September 27, 2008... Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd and Eli Lilly and Co confirmed on 27 Sep 2008 that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not complete its review for the prasugrel new drug application (NDA) by the Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date of 26...

The success of biofuels passes from market and sustainability.
September 27, 2008... An outline EU directive on production of bioenergy from renewable sources confronts the problem of sustainability of biofuels to reach the 2020 objectives. Intelligent Energy Europe has 11 biofuel related projects and 2 more pending for a...

Energy from the vineyard.
September 27, 2008... Giorgio Lungarotti of Torgliano, Puglia, has set up the first Italian plant for producing energy from vineyard prunings. The plant was developed by collaboration with the Biomass Research Centre of the University of Perugia. Lungarotti...

Dupont. Bio-refinery for ethanol from cellulose.
September 27, 2008... Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (Ddce) and the Research Foundation of the University of Tennessee via General Energy have announced a partnership for construction of an innovative bio-refinery on a pilot scale and a modern research...

Residue (from biogas generation) is not waste but valuable fertilizer.
September 27, 2008... The residue from biogas generation from animal dung is not waste but valuable fertilizer. The mean content of macroelements per tonne is 4 kg nitrogen, 1.3 kg phosphorus anhydride and 4 kg potassium oxide. The residue also contains valuable...

Illegal pesticides threat increases.
September 26, 2008... A report from the European Crop Protection Association indicates that the illegal trading of counterfeit pesticides is increasingly affecting margins in Europe, impacting 5-7% of annual pesticides turnover or EUR 360-510 M (#285-400 M) in...

Everyone wins, says MEP leading pesticide ban plan.
September 26, 2008... Ms Hiltrud Breyer, the German MEP heading the new proposed regulation that entails the banning of 'hazardous' pesticides from food production in the EU said that the proposals would be beneficial to consumers and the farming sector, as well...

EU Commission admits a lack of knowledge.
September 26, 2008... In response to a written question from the East Midlands MEP, the EU Commission said that it has not conducted an assessment study on how its new pesticide proposals will impact farmers and food supply because it has yet to determine which...

Vale still keen on snapping up Caraiba Metais: Brazil.
September 26, 2008... Brazilian mining company Vale remains interested in acquiring copper processor Caraiba Metais from the Paranapanema group, with talks underway. Products offered by Caraiba include copper wires, slag and cathodes, and sulfuric acid. Vale,...

New Gold shopping for 100,000-200,000 ounce mine: Brazil, Mexico.
September 26, 2008... Canadian company New Gold is looking to invest its $319 M available cash in the acquisition of an operational or production-ready gold mine in the 100,000-200,000 ounce range, particularly in Australia and Mexico. Separately, production at...

PromPeru: gold, copper exports soar in Jan-Aug 2008: Peru.
September 26, 2008... Recent report from export and tourism promotion agency PromPeru indicated that Peru's copper and gold shipments grew 29.3% and 46.6% respectively in Jan-Aug 2008 against the previous year-ago period. Exports of copper in the Jan-Aug 2008...

Bunge investing $65.9 M in phosphate expansion: Brazil.
September 26, 2008... US company Bunge's fertilizer arm is laying out R$120 M ($65.9 M) to ramp up production of phosphate at its Araxa mine in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The unit, acquired from Brazilian state miner state miner CBMM, also manufactures sulfuric...

Government: exports to China to hit 1 M bbls/day in 2012: Venezuela.
September 26, 2008... The Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC, USA announced that Venezuela is slated to supply 1 M bbls/day of oil to China in 2012. By 2009, Venezuela would be shipping 500,000 bbls/day to the Asian country, up from the current 300,000 bbls/day....

EPE: ethanol demand to rise 150% to 63.9 bn litres by 2017: Brazil.
September 26, 2008... Brazil's federal energy planning company EPE recently reported that the country's demand for ethanol will jump 150% to 63.9 bn litres in 2017 from 25.5 bn litres in 2008. Ethanol is forecast to account for roughly 80% of the overall volume of...

In brief: Petroperu extends bidding for Talara revamp management contract: Peru.
September 26, 2008... Interested companies have until 15 Oct 2008 to submit their bids for the management/supervisory consultancy service contract related to the FEED-EPC work for Petroperu's $1 bn Talara refinery modernization. The submission deadline was...

Ticona to produce LCP resins in China.
September 26, 2008... Ticona will start manufacturing its Vectra-brand liquid crystal engineering polymers in Nanjing, China in 2010. The Vectra unit will expand the brand's worldwide reach and support the firm's shift to nonhalogenated materials. Meanwhile,...

Economic woes a blow to struggling sectors.
September 26, 2008... The economic problems besetting the USA present an adverse impact to the already struggling plastics industry. The financial services director of consulting firm CSM said that firms into manufacturing commodity products are facing a...

'Hydration Vessel' seeks to siphon status market.
September 26, 2008... Kor One water bottle, or technically the Kor One Hydration Vessel, from US firm Kor Ideas Inc utilizes Eastman Chemical Co's Tritan copolyester resin. The bottle was designed by RKS Design Inc as an upscale substitute for both single use PET...

Phoenix boosting recycled PET capacity.
September 26, 2008... Phoenix Technologies International LLC is spending $2.8 M to increase production of food-grade recycled PET pellets at its 120,000 sq ft facility in Bowling Green OH, USA by 10 M lbs/y by mid-Jan 2009. The project will increase the firm's PET...

Alliance acquires LP's Alabama site.
September 26, 2008... Composite panel extruder Alliance Technology Group Inc is spending $25 M to acquire a local airport authority's 50,000 sq ft plant and the nearby 80,000 sq ft facility owned by Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LP) in Selma, AL, USA. The acquisition...

Sinicon relocating operations to former GE site.
September 26, 2008... Injection moulder Sinicon Plastics Inc intends to move at its newly acquired 35,000 sq ft facility in Dalton, MA, USA in early 2009. The Dalton unit was previously used by General Electric for various projects. Sinicon produces bearings and...

Refining industry faced with challenges in China. [1 table in original article].
September 26, 2008... Chinese imports of crude oil increased by 18.06%/y in 2001-2007, whereas oil output in the country rose by just 2.27%/y. Oil production in 2007 of 186.7 M tonnes was considerably lower than apparent consumption of 346 M tonnes. China has...

China selects GE for second west-east pipeline project.
September 26, 2008... GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract worth over $100 M for the supply of compression equipment for the second Chinese west-east natural gas pipeline. The pipeline will mainly be used to transport natural gas imported from Turkmenistan to...

Yangquan Coal signs for alcohol ether fuel project.
September 26, 2008... On 9 Sep 2008, Shanxi Yangquan Coal Industry (Group) Co Ltd (51%) and state-owned Shenzhou Fertilizer Complex (49%) agreed to form a joint venture based at Hengshui in Hebei province, China. The joint venture, to be known as Yangquan Coal...

Lanhua started up coal-based DME project.
September 26, 2008... Shanxi Lanhua Sci-Tech Veniuer Co Ltd commissioned 200,000 tonne/y methanol and 100,000 tonne/y dimethyl ether (DME) units in Sep 2008, thus completing the first phase of a 1.5 M tonne/y methanol and 1 M tonne/y DME project. Construction of...

China constructed GSP gasification unit.
September 26, 2008... Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry (Group) Co Ltd is spending about RMB Yuan 20 bn on a GSP gasification unit as part of its coal-based olefins project in the Ningxia region of China. Detailed design and procurement of the 2000 tonne/h...

China and Turkmenistan expand cooperation on natural gas.
September 26, 2008... Via an agreement signed by CNPC and Turkmenistan Natural Gas Konzern on 29 Aug 2008, the supply of natural gas from Turkmenistan to China will increase from 30 bn cu m/y to 40 bn cu m/y. In addition to increased cooperation between the two...

Liquid chlorine price drops drastically in China.
September 26, 2008... The price of liquid chlorine in early Sep 2008 ranged from a high of RMB Yuan 1300-1650/tonne in southern China to as low as RMB Yuan 200-300/tonne in some regions of the country. The significant decrease was partly the result of...

SDIC to start up potash fertilizer project.
September 26, 2008... SDIC Xinjiang Luobupo Potash Co Ltd is scheduled to commission its new 1.2 M tonne/y potassium sulfate plant in China during Oct 2008. SDIC has already signed agreements worth over RMB Yuan 4 bn for the supply of potash fertilizers in 2009....

Kingenta lays a foundation.
September 26, 2008... Shandong Kingenta Group is spending RMB Yuan 600 M on a 600,000 tonne/y plant for controlled-release fertilizers. The new plant, which is expected to generate profits of RMB Yuan 200 M/y, will add to the company's existing capacity of 500,000...

Phenol capacity increases considerably in China.
September 26, 2008... Chinese production of phenol in 2007 rose 5.2% to 545,500 tonnes. Startup by Hong Kong Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd of a 200,000 tonne/y phenol/acetone unit in Dec 2007 should enable phenol output to rise to 640,000 tonnes in 2008. Phenol...

Liaoning Qingyang conducts wet commissioning on DNT production line.
September 26, 2008... Wet commissioning of a new 60,000 tonne/y production line for dinitrotoluene (DNT) has been successfully completed by Liaoning Qingyang Chemical Industry Corp. The company expects to achieve sales of about RMB Yuan 450 M from DNT, an...

Shaanxi Yulin starts up 150,000 tonne/y acetic acid project.
September 26, 2008... The startup on 13 Aug 2008 of a 150,000 tonne/y acetic acid plant by Shaanxi Yulin Natural Gas Chemical Industry Co Ltd will enable the firm to generate sales of RMB Yuan 600 M/y. Construction of the new plant, which is based methanol...

A turn for the better in the titanium dioxide sector in China. [1 figure in original article].
September 26, 2008... A decrease in the price of raw materials helped to improve the profitability of Chinese titanium dioxide producers in 2Q 2008. In 2007, China produced around 1 M tonnes of titanium dioxide mainly from titanium concentrates, demand for which...

Bayer starts up 20,000 tonne/y PUD facility in Shanghai.
September 26, 2008... On 12 Sep 2008, Bayer MaterialScience commissioned its new 20,000 tonne/y plant for polyurethane dispersions (PUD) at the Bayer Integrated Site Shanghai. The new plant will help the company to meet rising demand for PUD as environmentally...

Dyestuff sector completes REACH pre-registration for some products.
September 26, 2008... Twenty-three member companies of the China Dyestuff Industry Association have between them completed pre-registration for the EU REACH regulations for a range of products, which include 173 dyes, organic pigments, and dyeing/printing...

Demand for high-temperature vulcanized silicone rubber increases rapidly in China.
September 26, 2008... Chinese capacity for high-temperature vulcanized silicone rubber increased from just 9000 tonne/y in 1995 to 140,000 tonne/y in 2006. Jiangsu Hongda New Material Co Ltd, the largest producer of high-temperature vulcanized silicone rubber in...

EPR market competition to become fiercer in China. [1 figure in original article].
September 26, 2008... PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Co Ltd, with a capacity of 20,000 tonne/y, is the only large-scale producer of ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR) in China. Consumption of EPR in China rose 22.8% to 129,800 tonnes in 2007 and is forecast to...

Lianchuang Chemical completes PVC expansion project.
September 26, 2008... On 8 Aug 2008, Lianchuang Chemical Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Henan Hengtong Chemical Group, completed the expansion of its PVC capacity from 120,000 tonne/y to 360,000 tonne/y. The expansion, which involved using advanced technologies, was...

Double Coin starts up all-steel tyre project.
September 26, 2008... On 28 Aug 2008, Double Coin Holdings (Chongqing) Tire Co Ltd commissioned a first-phase 1 M unit/y facility at Chongqing, China, for all-steel radial tyres. In addition to supplying the automobile market in Chongqing, the new facility will...

Shenyang Chemical: profits grow steadily.
September 26, 2008... In addition to operating an oil refinery (500,000 tonne/y deep catalytic cracking and 700,000 tonne/y atmospheric and vacuum distillation units), Shenyang Chemical Industry Co Ltd has chlor-alkali (190,000 tonne/y caustic soda and 130,000...

Output of petroleum and chemical products in China in Aug 2008. [1 table in original article].
September 26, 2008... The table provides production totals and percentage growth figures for a range chemicals and related products in China in both Aug 2008 and Jan-Aug 2008. The amount of crude oil processed (into fuels and other oil products) rose 5.78% to...

China's trade data for HDPE, MEG, SM, and reactive dyes in Jul 2008. [4 tables in original article].
September 26, 2008... Tables provide a geographic breakdown, in terms of source country and destination within China, of import volumes and prices in Jul 2008 for HDPE, monoethylene glycol (MEG), styrene monomer (SM), and reactive dyes. HDPE imports totalled...