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Gulf petrochemicals industry values over USD 50 bln — official Deputy director of GPCA GPCA ‘s plastic committee Moayad Al-Farisi told KUNA, on the sidelines of the First GPCA GPCA Plastic Summit to conclude here Wednesday, that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states produced 13 percent of the world’s plastic material. Read more on…. Click Here to Read More

LyondellBasell Forecasts A 3-5% Drop In Ethylene Demand In 2009 Recession and an increasingly competitive global market is forcing US petrochemicals producers to axe capacity to drive up operating rates and recover profitability, according to our latest US Petrochemicals Report. Read more on OfficialWire India Petrochemicals: PTA Supply In India Was Tight Going Into Q309 Due To The Temporary Closure Of Mitsubishi … Indian domestic petrochemicals demand slowed considerably in 2008/09 while exports were hit by the global financial crisis, but the latest India Petrochemicals Report projects domestic petrochemicals production capacities more than doubling in the next five years with…. Click Here to Read More

New and Exciting in PLoS ONE There are 18 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles , post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week – you go and look for your own favourites: Read … Read more on ScienceBlogs U.S. Polymer’s New GREEN/REDEEM(TM) Program Recycles Stretch Plastic Scrap Into Cash BEVERLY, MA–(Marketwire – February 8, 2010) – U.S. Polymers, Inc. ( www.uspolymers.net ) international thermoplastics broker specializing in the…. Click Here to Read More