By PIE staffThe US government has announced new tariffs on a number of products coming from China – electric vehicles, lithium batteries, critical minerals, semiconductors, steel and aluminium, port cranes, and medical supplies. “American workers can out-work and out-compete anyone as long as the... (16.05.2024)

By PIE correspondentKazakhstan Petrochemical Industries exported the first 30,000 t of polypropylene to the European Union in 2023 and plans to ramp up this figure to 100,000 t/y, Askhat Khasenov, Kazakh deputy Energy Minister said during a recent press conference in Astana. According to Khasenov,... (16.05.2024)

By PIE correspondentUS President Joe Biden’s threat to impose secondary sanctions on companies doing business with Russia has chilled trade with politically friendly countries, but has not had a visible impact on the polymer trade, according to sources. In 2023, Russian imports of polymer processing... (15.05.2024)

By PIE correspondentThe British Plastics Federation has challenged an article published by a leading UK newspaper, which claimed that expanded polystyrene was toxic and unrecyclable. The article was published in the Daily Mail newspaper, which has a daily physical circulation of around 800,000 copies. It... (15.05.2024)

By PIE staffThe interest seems to have lapsed. A takeover of the majority of voting rights of Braskem by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is off the table. The Brazilian polyolefin manufacturer has announced that the Arab state-owned enterprise has terminated the negotiations. Thus, Novonor retains the... (14.05.2024)

By PIE staffThe latest polymer prices can now be imported directly into your company’s database via an API link – thanks to PlE’s new product, PDS – Price Delivery Solution. With the help of PDS, customisable information on primary product, contract, and spot prices for more than 170 different types of... (14.05.2024)