Brazil Petrobras To Build 4 Fertilizer Plants Alone--Estado

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil`s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, plans to build four fertilizer plants by itself as part of a...

- Coal-to-urea on faster...

   Indian Oil to make synthetic rubber tyres

MUMBAI: Indian Oil Corp, the nation’s second-biggest refiner, will begin making synthetic rubber for tyres, in partnership with Marubeni Corp and Taiwan’s TSRC Corp to benefit...

- Rubber industry margins under stress on price...

Pesticides

   Nano-formulations could reduce pesticide doses

Basic Chemicals

   Gulf chemical firms eye growth

Gulf petrochemical companies could almost double their market share to reach 20 per cent of global production over the next decade as a slump in consumption winds down, the chief executive of the world’s...

- Dutch Chemical Sector Sales drop 25% in...

Dry cells and Storage Batteries

   Copper Advances to Highest Level Since August 2008 on Recovery

April 6 (Bloomberg) -- Copper advanced in London to the highest level since August 2008 as signs of global economic recovery boosted the outlook for...

- India copper steady on demand view, strong...

Detergents and Cosmetics

   P&G bullish on detergents, personal care

THE LOCAL unit of multinational consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) expects sales to exceed P25 billion for the fiscal year ending June, driven by the robust...

- Hindustan Unilever: Price cuts will...

Minerals

   Inventories to keep check on aluminium prices

Aluminium producers, particularly the bigger ones, continue to demonstrate a remarkable production discipline that began as the world started experiencing a savage economic downturn. A restraint of the...

- Bulgaria OTZK zinc and lead output down in...

Welding Electrodes and Industrial Gases

   Hobart Brothers Flux-Cored Wire Designed for Welding High-Strength Steels

TROY, Ohio. - Hobart Brothers introduced a new welding wire designed for welding high strength steels that require good low temperature impact toughness. The new...

- New Nickel Electrode Resists Crevice Corrosion and...

Paints and Plastics

   Scientists develop new plastic made from sugar that can be composted

It could soon be composted at home along with organic waste. Researchers at Imperial College London have managed to transforms sugars found in fast growing trees and grasses into a large molecule...

- Lipoxen`s PolyXen bio-polymer technology wins US...

Petrochemical Products

   Asia Pacific`s petrochem sector likely to see a strong recovery only from 2012

SINGAPORE: Asia Pacific`s petrochemical industry will likely see a strong recovery only from 2012 onwards. Analysts said that`s...

- Aramco, Dow to move petchem plant to...