Ethylene

Briefs, December 30, 2012

30 Dec 2012

A privately owned Chinese company is finalising the acquisition of an Australian firm that controls a major iron ore mine in west Africa, a move that would give China a stronger role in setting...

5:24AM

PetroChina to double capacity at ethylene plant

8 Jun 2007

PetroChina, the nation's largest oil and gas producer, has received approval to double the annual capacity of its ethylene plant in Daqing to 1.2 million tonnes, making it the company's second-...

10:17AM

Sinopec cleared for 14.7b yuan plant

3 Apr 2007

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) has won central government approval to build a 14.7 billion yuan petrochemical project in Wuhan, Hebei province, the first project on such a large...

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BASF and Sinopec in US$500m plant boost

11 Jul 2006

German chemical giant BASF says it has struck a deal with China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec) to spend US$500 million expanding the capacity of their joint-venture petrochemical plant in...

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Supply short by 3.3m tonnes

19 Aug 2000

The gap between ethylene supply and demand stands at 3.3 million tonnes last year, creating a mainland shortage despite the fact the country is stepping up efforts to increase production,...

9:27PM

JCIC abandons purchase move

21 Aug 1998

H share Jilin Chemical Industrial Co (JCIC) has abandoned a plan to acquire from its parent - Jilin Chemical Group - facilities at an ethylene project this year.

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Plant shuts after only 3 months

In one of the most dramatic examples of wasteful investment and lack of planning, an eight billion yuan (about HK$7.44 billion) Guangzhou ethylene plant has closed after only three months of...

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Shanghai Petro eyes US deal

Shanghai Petrochemical Co has signed letters of intent with United States firm Philips Petroleum Co to expand into Shanghai's chemical industry, including plans for a benzene ethylene-butarhene...

11:24AM

Jilin Chemical plans issue

Jilin Chemical Industrial Co will issue 300 million A shares within a year, having secured approval at a special meeting yesterday. The H-share company said the funds raised would be used to...

4:00AM

Profits in 38pc leap at Jilin Chemical

Jilin Chemical Industrial Co has kicked off the H-share reporting season with a 38 per cent increase in net profit last year to 744 million yuan (about HK$678.53 million) from 538 million yuan.

11:21PM

Chlor Alkali edges lower after surge

SHANGHAI Chlor Alkali Chemical's B-share prices fell marginally to close at 27 US cents on the Shanghai Stock Exchange yesterday.

2:51AM

Jilin to raise US$192m in dual listing

JILIN Chemical Industrial, the first H-share listing this year, plans to raise about US$192 million by issuing shares both in Hong Kong and the United States.

It will issue 893...

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