Promised sugar tariff cut delay now unlikely.
After favorably endorsing a petition to delay tariff cuts on sugar to protect local sugar millers and planters, the government is caught in a position where they may not be able to implement its decision. Trade and Industry Senior Undersecretary Thomas G. Aquino told reporters after a...

Plastic made from carbon dioxide.
Researchers at the National Institute of Applied Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), based in Tokyo, Japan, have succeeded in greatly improving the mechanical properties, including elastic modulus and strength, of a plastic (aliphatic polycarbonate) made from carbon dioxide ([CO.sub.2]), by blending it with other plastics. The plastic...

Interact Holdings Group, Inc. Enters Discussions to Open Factory to Produce Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam Products.
ATLANTA, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interact Holdings Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IHGR) announced today it has entered discussions to be involved in the opening of a factory which would produce Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam products. The proposed factory would produce products based on Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam....

CMAI's 2009 World Styrene and World Polystyrene/EPS Analyses Address Issues on Industry's Uncertain Future.
HOUSTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2009 World Styrene Analysis and 2009 World Polystyrene/EPS Analysis, annual global studies that cover the future outlook for supply, demand, production, capacity, trade, pricing and profitability of the global styrene and global polystyrene and...

Major SIP Manufacturer Foard Panel Adds Power of Owens Corning Brand.
BOSTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning , a global leader in building materials and composite solutions, today announced that Foard Panel will use Owens Corning Foamular(R) extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam for its XPS-core structural insulated panels (SIPs). One of the largest SIP manufacturers in the U.S., Foard Panel...

Ex-factory prices (no freight) as of November 7th, 2008.
Ex-factory Prices (no Freight) as of November 7th, 2008 Product Manufacturer RMB/t ABS LG Yongxing 14000 Acetic anhydride Taita Chemical (Ningbo) 14000 Shinho (Changzhou) 13500 Jiangsu Danhua Group 10520 PetroChina Jilin Petrochem 10520 Acetone (industrial grade A) Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao 6000 Bluestar Harbin Petrochem 6000 PetroChina Jilin Petrochem 6700...

Blue Earth Solutions Secures $14.1 Million Private Placement.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-9 September 2008-Blue Earth Solutions Secures $14.1 Million Private Placement(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Blue Earth Solutions announced closing of a private placement with gross proceeds of approximately $14.1 million. According to the company, the private placement was oversubscribed-the company only sought to raise...

Blue Earth Solutions Secures $14.1 Million Private Placement.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-9 September 2008-Blue Earth Solutions Secures $14.1 Million Private Placement(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Blue Earth Solutions announced closing of a private placement with gross proceeds of approximately $14.1 million. According to the company, the private placement was oversubscribed-the company only sought...

Resins prices went down.
Polyethylene In early to mid-September 2008, the price of crude oil in the international market fell considerably, the demand for PE (polyethylene) in downstream sectors was still slack, and PE producers constantly lowered their ex-factory prices, so China's PE price was down constantly. In late September, the...

Prices of most resins went down.
Polyethylene In early to mid-August 2008, Sinopec Group and CNPC constantly lowered their ex-factory prices of PE (polyethylene) and the demand for PE in downstream sectors was still slack, so China's price of PE was down markedly. In late August, the price of PE rebounded considerably because...