SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Indian styrene butadiene rubber
(SBR) prices surged past $4,000/tonne (€2,760/tonne) this week and look
set to remain firm in May as supply is tighter than expected, industry
sources said on Thursday. SEE MORE TORONTO (ICIS)--Dow Chemical plans to build a world-scale ethylene plant on the US Gulf coast for start-up in 2017, the US-based chemicals major said on Thursday. SEE MORE LONDON (ICIS)--European polypropylene (PP)
buyers are still paying record-high prices as relief from a relentless
round of price increases fails to materialise, sources said on Tuesday. SEE MORE NEW YORK (ICIS)--Brazil-based petrochemical and polymers company Braskem is considering a greenfield investment in an ethylene cracker and a polyethylene (PE) plant in the US, its CEO said on Tuesday. SEE MORE GUANGZHOU (ICIS)--China’s economy expanded at
an annual rate of 9.7% in the March quarter, slowing further from the
9.8% pace recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010, as the country
continued to tighten its monetary policy to curb inflation, according to
official statistics released on Friday. SEE MORE