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 NEW DELHI (Commodity Online): Associated Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM), a leading industry body, has urged the
India government to evolve a policy for encouraging second-generation
alternative fuels like cellulosic ethanol and set targets for blending
with gasoline to reduce dependence on oil imports. SEE MORE