• Iran’s PCC to establish new PE, PP bonded warehouses in China

      01/01/1900
    SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Co (PCC) is planning to establish five new bonded warehouses in China by the end of March to facilitate its polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) exports to that market, a company source said on Tuesday.  
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  • Yara's Q4 net profit up 10% on stronger fertilizer demand, prices

      01/01/1900
    SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Yara’s fourth quarter 2010 net income rose 9.9% year on year to Norwegian kroner (NKr) 1.56bn (€198m, $267m), on the back of stronger demand for fertilizers and higher prices, the Norway-based fertilizer major said on Tuesday.  
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  • Syngenta corn increases ethanol yield, reduces natural gas use

      01/01/1900
    Production tests of Syngenta Seeds Inc.’s new amylase corn at Western Plains Energy LLC showed an 8 percent increase in ethanol production and an 8 percent decrease in natural gas use. It’s enough to make Steve McNinch, general manager and CEO of the Oakley, Kan., plant, never want to go back to a liquid amylase enzyme ever again. “What that means for us is more profits, with less expense,” he said. “And there are no ‘gotchas’ for the plant either.”  
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  • Indorama plans joint venture to construct a 400,000 tpa polyethylene plant

      01/01/1900
    Indorama plans to invest over €437 mln in a joint venture project to construct a 400,000 tpa polyethylene plant in Uzbekistan with national gas company Uzbekneftegaz.  
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  • Gov't to focus on curbing inflation

      01/01/1900

    Government policies to curb inflation are on the right track, according to Planning and Investment Minister Vo Hong Phuc in an interview with the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

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