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Strikes at Brazil's Comperj lower Petrobras Q1 investments

Fri, 2012-05-18 07:18
CAMPINAS, Brazil (ICIS)--The strikes at Petrobras's Comperj construction site during the first three months of 2012 helped cause its investment...
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EVENING SNAPSHOT - Americas Markets Summary

Fri, 2012-05-18 07:10
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Here is Friday’s end of day Americas oil and chemical market summary from ICIS. CRUDE: Jun WTI: $92.56/bbl, down 25 cents; Jul...
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US chemical group urges Congress to reject rail safety proposal

Fri, 2012-05-18 06:46
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US rail regulators should make prevention of rail accidents through technology their priority rather than just mitigating the release...
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Colombian PVC continues to enter Venezuela despite border incident

Fri, 2012-05-18 06:42
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) imports from Colombia are entering Venezuela normally after a conflict at the border, sources in Colombia...
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Unnamed producer mulls methanol plant near Toronto in Canada

Fri, 2012-05-18 06:40
HOUSTON (ICIS)--An unnamed methanol producer is considering a town in the Great Lakes region of Canada as a plant site, a town official said on...
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US BD prices in June poised for new drop on global softness

Fri, 2012-05-18 06:27
By William Lemos HOUSTON (ICIS)--US butadiene (BD) contract prices are poised for another decline in June, market sources predicted this week, citing...
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KBR Building Group awarded contract for CTL Packaging plant in US

Fri, 2012-05-18 06:25
HOUSTON (ICIS)--KBR Building Group will provide general contracting services for a new injection-moulding plant to be built by CTL Packaging in...
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US spot ethylene sheds 18% in May, falls below contracts

Fri, 2012-05-18 06:23
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US ethylene for May traded at 51.75 cents/lb ($1,141/tonne, €901/tonne) on Thursday, down by 18% since the start of the month, a...
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World airline jet fuel demand to increase in 2012 – economist

Fri, 2012-05-18 06:04
CHICAGO (ICIS)--Airlines are expected to increase their demand for jet fuel in 2012, despite threats from the global economy, an economist said on...
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Mexico’s Cangrejera facility back up in slow markets

Fri, 2012-05-18 05:58
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Polyethylene (PE) supply in Mexico returned to normal in May with the end of a maintenance procedure at Pemex's low density PE (LDPE)...
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US April chlor-alkali operating rate stays flat at 86%

Fri, 2012-05-18 05:52
HOUSTON (ICIS)-- US chlor-alkali production was 86% of capacity in April, the same as in March, a US trade group said on Thursday. US chlor-alakli...
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US pipeline reversal to have no instant price impact – economist

Fri, 2012-05-18 05:50
CHICAGO (ICIS)--The US Seaway oil pipeline reversal will not have an immediate impact on crude oil prices, and hence distillates, until its capacity...
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Brazilian April fertilizer sales rise 13% year on year

Fri, 2012-05-18 05:33
SAO PAULO (ICIS)--Brazil's fertilizer sales rose to nearly 1.6m tonnes in April, up by 13% year on year, the Fertilizer Distribution Association...
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Canadian potash may soon ship to Myanmar

Fri, 2012-05-18 05:27
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Canadian potash could soon be on its way to Myanmar following the removal of economic sanctions by the Government of Canada against...
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US Enterprise, Enbridge reverse flow of Seaway oil pipeline

Fri, 2012-05-18 03:23
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US-based mid-stream company Enterprise Products and Enbridge have finished reversing the flow of the Seaway oil pipeline, allowing...
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Brazil’s Braskem, Plantic partnership focuses on green PE

Fri, 2012-05-18 03:16
MEDELLIN, Colombia (ICIS)--Brazil’s Braskem has signed an agreement with Australia-based Plantic Technologies to use sugarcane-derived green...
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Vermont becomes first US state to ban hydraulic fracturing

Fri, 2012-05-18 03:12
HOUSTON (ICIS)--The governor of Vermont has signed the nation’s first bill banning hydraulic fracturing, saying the science behind the practice was...
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VIDEO - ICIS Americas Lunchtime Bulletin 17 May 2012

Fri, 2012-05-18 03:00
Here is the lunchtime bulletin for the Americas on Thursday from . The Lunchtime Bulletin brings you all the latest chemicals and market news and...
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US SBR contract prices move down, spot prices mixed

Fri, 2012-05-18 02:36
HOUSTON (ICIS)--US styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) contract prices for May moved down from as a result of the drop in butadiene and styrene contract...
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Canada chem rail traffic rises for fifth straight week

Fri, 2012-05-18 02:11
(updates with Canadian and Mexican chemical railcar traffic data) TORONTO (ICIS)--Chemical shipments on Canadian railroads rose by 5.0% year on year...
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