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Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 02 November 2020

Diamond Green Diesel to ramp-up renewable fuel production using UOP process technology

Second renewable fuels production unit scheduled to go on stream in 2021

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 01 November 2020

Univation to provide PE process technology for Amur Gas project

As per the deal, Univation will provide PE Process technology for three world-scale PE reactor lines for Amur GCC project in Russia

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 30 October 2020

MRPL swings to profit on lower sales volume

Company registered a net profit of Rs. 35.84 crore in the second quarter of current fiscal as against a loss of Rs. 574.45 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 30 October 2020

RIL 2Q FY21 revenue increases by 27%

The increase in revenue was primarily due to higher price realizations in the O2C segment, strong recovery in Retail operations and sustained subscriber addition with improvement in ARPU in Digital services business.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 30 October 2020

Grasim, Lubrizol to set-up India's largest CPVC resin plant

Construction of the near 100,000 metric ton plant will take place in a phased manner, and once commissioned, this would be the single largest site capacity for CPVC resin production globally.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 29 October 2020

Pidilite buys Huntsman India's retail business subsidiary for Rs. 2100 cr

As per the deal, Huntsman will receive approximately 90% of the cash consideration at closing and balance approximately 10% under an earnout within 18 months if the business achieves sales revenue in-line with 2019.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 29 October 2020

India raises ethanol prices ahead of new sugar season

Price of ethanol from sugar has been increased to Rs.62.25 per litre. Ethanol derived from C heavy molasses and B heavy molasses will be priced at Rs.45.69 per litre and Rs.57.61 per litre, respectively.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 27 October 2020

Lucite, Agilyx partners to commercialize PMMA recycling

Following the success of an initial smaller-scale trial using Agilyx’s molecular recycling technology, LI, with the support of parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), will further advance its collaboration with Agilyx to deliver fully circular PMMA.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 27 October 2020

Supreme Petrochem swings back to profit in second quarter

Company's net jumped by 139% YoY and stood at Rs.86.15 crores in Q1 FY21.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 26 October 2020

India increases import duty on polybutadiene rubber from Korea for 2 years

DGTR has recommended to increase the rate of customs duty on Polybutadiene Rubber, excluding its titanium and lithium grades, originating in Korea for two years in order to safeguard the domestic industry from significant jump in import of the product.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 25 October 2020

INOVYN commences specialty vinyls production in Belgium

This development broadens INOVYN’s production network across Europe and strengthens its long-term growth strategy to improve the circular economy with BIOVYN, offering customers an even broader range of choice of bio-attributed PVC grades and copolymers.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 October 2020

Satyabhusan Dash announced as ‘BPCL Chair Professor in Customer Care’

As the Chair Professor Prof. Dash will conduct and promote research study in the area of Customer Care, build a systematic body of knowledge and establish a world class customer care centre under his leadership.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 October 2020

Narendra Modi to interact with CEOs of Oil & Gas companies

Around 45 CEOs of major global Oil and Gas companies will attend the event this year as India is an important player in the global Oil and Gas sector being the 3rd largest consumer of crude oil and the 4th largest LNG importer.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 24 October 2020

Asian Paints reports jump in sales, profit during second quarter

The company's net profit stood at Rs. 830.37 crore in second quarter of the current fiscal.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 October 2020

Gevo, Total to collaborate on renewable isoamylene production

Isoamylene is predominately used in a diverse set of applications, including resins, pesticides, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, healthcare products, adhesives, antioxidants, and UV stabilizers.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 October 2020

AmSty aims to use 25% recycled polystyrene for food applications by 2030

As per the company, all its products designed for foodservice and food packaging applications will contain 25 percent recycled content by 2030.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 23 October 2020

Celanese to expand UHMW-PE production at Texas facility

The new production line at the Celanese Bishop manufacturing facility is expected to add approximately 15kt per year of GUR product capacity by the start of 2022.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 22 October 2020

Borealis commissions naphtha storage cavern Finland

Located 90 meters below ground, the storage volume of the new cavern enables Borealis to source feedstock from various sources and markets.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 22 October 2020

Neste, Recycling Technologies and Unilever awarded grant for exploring chemical recycling of waste plastics

A joint project involving these three companies has been awarded a £3.1m grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop chemical recycling by combining the expertise of these global leaders in their respective business areas to make hard-to-recycle plastic packaging recyclable.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 22 October 2020

Nova Chemicals to sell expandable styrenics business to Alpek

The sale of its expandable styrenics business is an important step in Nova Chemicals’ plan to focus on its olefin and polyethylene business, which includes additional investments to advance a global circular economy for plastic.

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