Fire causes extensive damage at Pennsylvania recycler

MOSCOW (MRC) -- A fire broke out at Palmer Plastics Inc's plastics recycling plant in Palmer Township, PA, US. No injuries were recorded, as per Plasticsnews.

The fire originated from the plastics extruder that spread up through the extruder's exhaust system into the plant's roof assembly. The fire was originally in a machine that breaks down plastic into smaller plastic pellets. But by the time firefighters were able to extinguish the flames in the machine, the fire had crept up to the warehouse roof.

No one was injured at the warehouse, a plastic recycling facility, and William Penn Highway was shut down until about 9:40 p.m.

As MRC informed earlier, four people have been killed and three seriously injured in a fire at an oil and gas processing plant on the outskirts of Mumbai run by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp. The Uran plant processes nearly half of the crude oil that ONGC sells to refineries and 12% of its natural gas sales. The plant is also a major supplier of cooking gas.
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MOSCOW (MRC) - Imports of injection moulding PET chips from Lithuania by Neo Group grew by 29% in ten months of this year and amounted to 36,600 tonnes, according to MRC DataScope report.

This figure was 28,400 tonnes in January-October 2018.

October imports of PET from Lithuania to Ukraine doubled compared to the same period last year and amounted to 5,200 tonnes against 2,200 tonnes, while the maximum volume of imports this year fell in September and amounted to 7,000 tonnes.

The total volume of Lithuanian PET imports to the country increased to 29% in January-October 2019 against 22% in January-October last year.

The main buyers of Lithuanian bottled PET were Coca-Cola Beverages Ukraine Limited and Retal.

Nevertheless, despite an increase in the consumption of Lithuanian material, the total import supplies of injection moulding PET chips in October decreased by 16% compared to the same period last year and by 6% compared to September of the current year.

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MOSCOW (MRC) - Imports of unmixed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into Belarus increased to 29,100 tonnes in the first nine months of this year, up 13.4% year on year, according to MRC DataScope.

According to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, local converters slightly increased their purchasing of PVC in September 2019, overall imports totalled 3,300 tonnes, compared to 3,000 tonnes a month earlier.

Thus, imports of unmixed PVC reached 29,100 tonnes in January-September 2019 versus 25,700 tonnes a year earlier, with local windows producers accounting for a increase in demand.

Russian producers with the share of about 84% of the Belarusian market were the key suppliers of resin to Belarus over the stated period.

Producers from Ukraine and Germany with the share of 9% and 5%, respectively, were the second and third largest suppliers.

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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Large quantities of Iranian general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) entered the Ukrainian GPPS market in the first half of November, therefore, supply of material was balanced with demand for it, according to ICIS-MRC Price report.

The situation was different in the Ukrainian high impact polystyrene (HIPS) market: supply of material did not cover demand for it, traders were selling stocks of Nizhnekamskneftekhim's HIPS.

The hryvnya exchange rate against the dollar continued to strengthen and put downward pressure on prices of material in the domestic market along with the falling import prices.

As reported earlier, Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNH, part of the TAIF group), shipped material only to two Ukrainian converters in November, said market participants. Import prices for Russian material was reduced by USD20/tonne.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Nizhnekamskneftekhim (part of TAIF group) has reduced its import polystyrene (PS) prices for November shipments to Ukraine, according to ICIS-MRC Price report.

Thus, the decrease in PS prices was USD20/tonnes for Ukrainian buyers.

At the same time, traders offered Nizhnekamskneftekhhim's material in the first half of November at the following prices: general purpose polystyrene (GPPS) - at UAH40,500-41,500/tonne CPT Kiev, including VAT, and high impact polystyrene (HIPS) - at UAH40,000-42,000/tonne CPT Kiev, including VAT.

Market participants said the Russian producer shipped material only to two converters in November.

PJSC "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" (NKNK) - one of the largest Russian manufacturers of petrochemical products. The industrial complex of the company includes ten major production plants and ten departments (Railway Transport, Ethylene trunk, etc..). NKNKh produces more than 120 types of chemical products, including synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, surfactants. Nizhnekamskneftekhim is a member of TAIF Group of Companies.
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