- Polymers
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World demand for polyurethanes estimated at 18.96m tonnes showed a 5.9% YOY rise in 2013. With China strengthening its leadership in the worldwide market, the PU sector is advancing on the back of automotive demand. We will try to cover all important recent events in the global PU industry and provide our reader with accurate and abundant information as regards this theme.
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Uhde Inventa-Fischer to Provide the Design of a Polyester Plant in the Ivanovo Region, Russia
- Organics
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Due to low operation rates and moderate growth rates, new maleic anhydride projects in the world are not expected within the years to come. Currently, the capacity of the global MA market is nearing 2m tonnes growing by 3.5% annually. Though Russia has no MA production, it has all prerequisites for its foundation: a cheap and available raw stock and big consumers. More precise and detailed information...
- Inorganics
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The article entitled ‘The hydrogen peroxide market in Russia,’ highlights the most recent developments and future trends within the domestic H2O2 market. It also spotlights the role of import deliveries in the contemporary market stressing quite a long period of stagnation of hydrogen peroxide production in the country. Russia has rather big but obsolete H2O2 plants, which produce 21,400...
- Agrochemicals
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After launching a new plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia boosted production of calcium nitrate. In 2013, production volumes hit a record of 12,200 tonnes. Reflecting expectations for an improving business cycle and the need of the agricultural sector for high quality and affordable fertilisers, the present article analyses all data available to address such topics as the state of the Russian Ca(NO3)2...
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Topsoe to Design Large-scale Fertiliser Plant in Turkmenistan
- Paints and coatings
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n-Butyl acetate is the most important among four isomeric polyesters of butyl alcohols and acetic acid (butyl acetates). In Russia, there are four producers of n-butyl acetate. All in all, the country is a large producer of this chemical product. Strong buying activity from the domestic paints and coatings sector underpinned numbers throughout most of 2013. Russian n-Butyl acetate consumption rose...
- Chemistry and energy
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-Groundbreaking in Turkmenistan to Build Major Plant for Producing Synthetic Gasoline
- There is Future in Shale Gas
- Chemistry and business
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Russia is facing serious difficulties connected with the punitive sanctions imposed by the West. However, a raw material economy model presents even a more serious challenge than any of these heaviest sanctions. How can Russia do away with this notorious image of being exclusively a raw stock producer? And what can the domestic petrochemical sector do in this respect? Is value added chemicals production...