8The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) is studying a mechanism to address the prevailing low natural rubber (NR) prices by the introduction of a price range for the commodity

8Here is a comprehensive study on degradable plastics and the circular economy
8It is an exhaustive study that shows how different stakeholders, from government to industry and consumers, should all be fully invested

8Get full details on Adani's coal to PVC plant
8The cost is pegged at Rs 34,900 Crore

8Chemical marketing slots are available with this speciality chemical producer

8Rs.1459 crore Poly-Butadiene Rubber (PBR) project is coming up

8ABB has been awarded a major contract by NatureWorks, the world’s leading manufacturer of polylactic acid (PLA), a low-carbon bioplastic made from renewable agricultural resources, to automate their new, greenfield plant in Thailand, converting sugarcane to the polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer, Ingeo

SABIC, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, employs more than 31,000 people in around 50 countries, working together through four businesses – Petrochemicals, Agri-Nutrients, Specialties, and Metals (Hadeed) – with production at 66 manufacturing/compounding sites, and sales across more than 100 countries.
8Here is a comprehensive look at the company

8A brand new Rs. 6,555 crore polypropylene unit is coming up

8Saudi Aramco said that it plans to raise its capital expenditure in 2022 to around $40bn-$50bn from $31.9 bn in 2021
8Aramco is targeting to increase its production capacity from 12mn to 13mn barrels of crude a day by 2027

8Thermoplastic natural rubber (TPNR) is one of the alternative natural rubber (NR) products obtained by blending NR with any compatible thermoplastics, such as HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, polystyrene (PS) and polylactic acid (PLA) at the temperature above the melting point of plastics, which is always above the softening point of NR. Unlike vulcanized NR, TPNR is recyclable and convertible

Innovia Films is launching RayoFormTM EUP60, a white BOPP film for in-mould labelling (IML).
8Produced in Europe at one of our state-of-the art production facilities, EUP60 is a very high opacity, high yield product, having a density as low as 0.55 g/cm3. Combined with its specially formulated and printable matte surface, EUP60 is engineered to give outstanding high-speed sheet feeding and adhesion for both UV and oxidative inks.

8Maire Tecnimont is now showcasing itself in a different light given all round technological changes

8Get the details here of a German company which plans to offtake around 300,000 mt/year of renewable ammonia initially, with a planned expansion to 2 million mt/year

8Sustainable materials leader Genomatica and Japan-based diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei announced a strategic partnership to commercialize renewably-sourced nylon 6,61 made from Genomatica’s bio-based HMD (hexamethylenediamine, also abbreviated as HMDA) building block

8Yasho Industries Ltd has announced a big investment plan

8CIMC Enric Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries have announced a strategic partnership with global container shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller - Maersk to launch a biomass green methanol pilot project

8Enviro has noted a sharp increase of interest in purchasing the Carbon Black and oil that Enviro recovers from end-of-life tyres since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24
Find out more on why that is so

8Japanese company, Kuraray, plans to raise elastomer materials prices

8Taiwan has decided to prohibit chlorpyrifos methyl and chlorpyrifos under Environmental Chemicals Control Act

8South Korea's DL Chemicals has completed acquisition of US company

8A major conference on plastics and rubber industry in China has been out off

8Get the latest rubber future prices in Singapore

What is the progress report of the 2G ethanol project in Bargarh by BPCL?
8It is the first full scale ethanol plant ever constructed in India
8The cost of the project is much more than the originally estimated Rs 1000 crore plus
ALso, it is under active contracting

Even as uncertainty surrounds the Mongolia project, EIL has awarded lincensor contractors for various refinery units last week
Find out who the licensors are for:
8SRU
8VDU
8HGU
8LPG
8HCU/DHDT/MS block

A new MD for OVL has been selected.
8He is expected to have better luck than the current MD Alok Gupta, who, hamstrung by COVID, could not stand out
8OVL has this once-in-lifetime opportunity to play its biggest role ever in furthering India's E&P interests abroad