• Encourage cellulosic ethanol to cut Oil imports: ASSOCHAM

      01/01/1900
    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.  
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  • World’s largest cellulosic ethanol plant breaks ground in Italy

      01/01/1900
    Italy-based chemicals and plastics firm Mossi & Ghisolfi Group
    (M&G) made history April 12 when the company broke ground for its 13
    MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility in Crescentino in northwestern Italy.
    The project is the largest cellulosic ethanol project in the world to
    date, 10 times larger than any of the currently operating
    demonstration-scale facilities. The plant is expected to become
    operational in 2012 and will use a variety of locally sourced
    feedstocks, beginning with wheat straw and Arundo donax, a perennial
    giant cane.  
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  • US PVC continues with its relentless increases across the world

      01/01/1900
    American PVC offers have been emerging at noticeably higher levels in
    many global markets including Turkey, Egypt, Italy and China, tracking a
    similar trend as March, as per Chemorbis. In a weekly comparison,
    prices for American PVC to Turkey are US$65-95/ton higher.  
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  • Vincomin raises coal prices by 20-40 pct unexpectedly

      01/01/1900
    VietNamNet
    Bridge – Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries’ (Vinacomin) proposal to
    raise coal prices by 20-40 percent beginning on April 1 was unexpectedly
    approved by the Ministry of Finance.
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  • European plastic pipe market revenues to rise to €9.7 billion by 2018

      01/01/1900
    Ceresana Research has scrutinized the European plastic pipe market from
    top to bottom: we expect revenues will rise to €9.7 billion by 2018. In
    Western Europe, about 45-50% of all plastic pipes are needed for sewage
    disposal. In Eastern Europe  
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