MOSCOW (MRC) -- Restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border are being extended another 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Canplastics.
According to deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border are being extended another 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic – the two countries will continue their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border trips until at least Sept. 21.
Ahead of the formal announcement, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said in a tweet that officials would keep doing what’s necessary to keep communities safe. The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to so-called "discretionary" travel like vacations and shopping trips since the pandemic took hold of the continent in mid-March.
The agreement, which has been renewed before, was set to expire Aug. 21. The U.S. has been grappling with fresh COVID-19 outbreaks across the country in recent weeks.
As MRC informed earlier, Engineering and construction costs in North America fell in May, with lower prices expected to continue into the fourth quarter of 2020. The current headline IHS Markit PEG Engineering and Construction Cost Index (ECCI) registered 38.2 in May, a slight increase compared with last month’s figure of 34.9, but still “well below” the neutral mark of 50, which indicates falling prices, IHS Markit says. The materials and equipment portion of the index came in at 35.0, with the subcontractor portion at 45.7.
As MRC informed before, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are proposing ways to step up green energy storage solutions such as hydrogen or home batteries, in a report that was adopted in one of the Parliament’s voting sessions on Friday, 10 July. The proposals outlined in the report are set to play a crucial role in reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as more efficient energy-storage options in the EU will help "spur decarbonization," the EU Parliament says. In addition, since solar and wind have a variable electricity output, more storage solutions should become available to secure supply, MEPs say.
According to MRC's DataScope report, PE imports to Russia dropped in January-June 2020 by 7% year on year to 328,000 tonnes. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted for the main decrease in imports. At the same time, PP imports into Russia rose in the first six months of 2020 by 21% year on year to 105,300 tonnes. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase in imports.
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