Germany-based BASF SE reports it plans to build superabsorbent polymer
(SAP) plants in Brazil and China, and is evaluating the viability of a
similar plant in Malaysia. SEE MORE HOUSTON (ICIS)--Ammonia producers in Trinidad
have shut down some plants while natural gas deliveries originating from
BP have been curtailed in October, sources said on Thursday. SEE MORE Steel exports to increase 44.5% this year
Viet Nam was estimated to export around 1.87 million tonnes of steel and
steel ingot this year, a 44.5 per cent increase from 2010 figures, Viet
Nam Steel Association chairman Nguyen Chi Cuong said. SEE MORE The euro advanced for a second day versus the dollar as reports that France and Germany are nearing a deal to boost the size of Europe’s rescue fund to contain the debt crisis spurred demand for the region’s assets. SEE MORE A California startup has received new funding for cracking the puzzle of how to make liquid chemicals directly from methane.
As petroleum prices rise, so does the cost of producing ethylene and all
the products that come from it. Ethylene is the world's highest volume
commodity chemical and is made from petroleum using "steam cracking" in
which the long-chain hydrocarbons are thermally broken down (cracked). SEE MORE
