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Waste Of The World: Scientists Calculate How Much Plastic Civilization Has Spawned
Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 12:27pm | 849Read More...Scientists say they’ve figured out how much plastics the world has produced, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Of the 9.15 billion tons produced since plastics began their heyday in the 1950s, 6.95 billion tons is packed into landfills or littered elsewhere in the environment. That’s...
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Goldman Sachs Says Propane Is 'Underappreciated'
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 12:18pm | 282Read More...In a report published Wednesday, Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Koort commented that benchmark propane prices traded below $0.40 per gallon for the first time in over a decade with Mt. Belvieu prices trading as low as $0.34 per gallon before closing at $0.39 per gallon. This compares to propane...
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Natural Gas Glut Fuels A Chemical Boom
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 3:07pm | 327Read More...Odds are, you've never heard of ethylene. However, the basic commodity chemical is the foundation to many more complex products such as paint, plastics and glue. What's more exciting, is the price for this basic chemical has skyrocketed about 70% over the last eight months. Overall increasing...
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Ethylene Prices Rise 20c/lb Over Past Two Months, Deutsche Bank Reports
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 9:05am | 75Read More...Spot ethylene prices have risen 20c/lb over the past two months primarily reflecting a succession of unplanned outages representing 15% of US ethylene capacity, Deutsche Bank reports. “Despite the recent spike in spot ethylene prices, North American ethylene remains competitive internationally due...
