8This chemical company has 10,000 people working only in its R&D division
8That is very large by any standard

8There is a big shortfall in rubber production in comparison with consumption

8India's petrochemical growth story remains intact despite rising crude or gas prices
8Why is that so?

8Coatings and Coatings (India) Pvt. Ltd.manufactures wood coatings, foundry coatings, alkyd and formaldehyde resins and ethyl alcohol (spirit)
8But it is refusing to cooperate with its rating agency

8A fertilizer maker is collaborating with a chemical producer for green petrochemicals
8Find out how it will work

8DuPont Clean Technologies has announced that the STRATCO alkylation unit at the Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd (FREP) refinery in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China, has successfully started up and completed the performance test, certifying that the unit is meeting performance guarantees

8There is a discussion on over the change in product specific rules in the context of Rules of Origin

8Be warned of online sales of chemicals
8Bulk of the products have carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substances, according to an inspection report

Gulf region petrochemical industry needs to get more sustainable
8Here this argument further

8Sabic picks a authorized distributor for Americas for some of his projects

The plastics economy will return to a state of oversupply. Prior to the pandemic, the industry added new cracker capacity across the globe.
8Producers faced a future of low margins and low capacity
8Coming out of the pandemic, those basic trends are expected to reappear

8Get a complete analysis of what are the reasons behind Chinese competitive advantage in analysis
8This can help Indian entrepreneurs understand what they need to do better

8Asia’s gasoline crack ended the week with over 51% gains on hopes of incremental supplies from India, while easing omicron concerns boosted demand sentiment

Enzymes are capable of degrading synthetic polyisoprene. The specific conditions for that have now been created and exploited by researchers at Martin Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
(IPB).
8Polyisoprene is the principal component of natural rubber and of many types of rubber also used in car tires, for example
8Up until now, it has only been possible to degrade polyisoprene, with a composition similar to naturally occurring rubber

8Here is a paper that analyses the sustainability of Cascade Recycling in plastic manufacturing

8Combustion of syngas from waste and biomass gasifier for electricity production is an important waste-to-energy pathway
8Chlorine compounds, such as hydrogen chloride (HCl) and alkali metal chloride vapors, are common gaseous impurities causing severe corrosion of plant equipment, especially a steam boiler
8A process has been developed for simultaneous syngas combustion and HCl removal from gas

8There are fresh guidelines in place for qualifying customers who are purchasing high risk security chemicals

8The preliminary investigations revealed that the mishap took place while the workers were transferring chlorine from a tank to a cylinder for processing

8The website carries here our weekly outlook for phenol
8Find out how prices are going to behave ahead

8Find out our weekly analysis, price charts and projections on styrene monomer price movements for the coming week

8We are carrying here a weekly trichloromethane market report
8Find out what kind of prices are projected going ahead

8The website carries here a weekly outlook on MDI prices
8Find out what our analysts are saying about how prices will behave till next week

8Our website carries a detailed coverage of petrochemical
8Here is our multi-grade, multi-city price list for petrochemicals

8Our coverage extends to recycled plastics
8The website is providing data on recycled PP, HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, ABS and PVC prices
8Prices are given for Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad

8Around 30 different grades of plastic films, segregated into BOPET, BOPA, CPP, BOPP and PE are carried here
8Know where the prices have changed