Brazilian state oil Petrobras, specialized in deep-water, crude oil extraction, and which refines most of the fuel consumed by some 214 million Brazilians, confirmed on Aug. 22 a due...
Some of the top global silicones manufacturers will increase prices in May to reflect a combination of rising costs including that for the silica metal raw material as well as energy, with strong demand from many areas, including EVs manufacturers.
Brazil-based Braskem, which owns a cracker and polyethylene plant in Mexico that started up over five years ago but has yet to run at full capacity, plans to begin in the second half of 2022 works contemplated for the past four years to build a $420-million...
Braskem, which had 64% of the Brazilian petrochemical market in the third quarter 2021, an ethylene/polyethylene plant in Mexico and assets acquired over the last decade that make it North America’s biggest polypropylene producer, saw in July-Sept. 2021 its...
U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exporters, which started shipments five years ago and this year are set to for the first time export more natural gas than what is shipped abroad through pipelines, are seeing strong demand this year from Asia, Europe and...
