MANAMA: The challenges and opportunities the refining and petrochemical industries in the Middle East are facing will come under the spotlight at the conference opening session of the Seventh Middle East International Refining and Petrochemicals Conference and Exhibition (Middle East Petrotech 2010) today. SEE MORE KARACHI: The government and fertiliser companies are working on an alternate solution to the gas availability problem that forced fertiliser companies to increase fertiliser prices. SEE MORE May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd., India’s biggest state-run urea maker, plans to invest $1 billion to set up a facility in Ghana, a government official with direct knowledge of the matter said. SEE MORE The Turkish plastics market is likely to recover strongly and outpace other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, but local buyers are still nervous at the rate of recovery in the eurozone and are purchasing petrochemicals feedstock on a hand-to-mouth basis, according to BMI’s latest ‘Turkey Petrochemicals Report’. SEE MORE CONAKRY, May 21 (Reuters) - Bauxite production in No. 1 supplier Guinea rose 19 percent during the first quarter of 2010 due to an increase in global demand, according to a government document obtained by Reuters on Friday. SEE MORE