Middle East & Africa

LONDON (ICIS)–Chemicals container shipping costs have jumped drastically along some routes as the coronavirus pandemic remaps traditional trading patterns and issues at European ports add to delays…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest crude oil exporter, has completed issuance of international bonds worth $8bn in five tenors. The bonds are US dollar-denominated and unsecured…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–India is the world’s biggest importer of PVC. With domestic production unable to meet consumption needs, processors and convertors rely heavily on the import markets to keep…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

BARCELONA (ICIS)–Manufacturing hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccine shots could boost demand for polypropylene (PP), but not enough to compensate for losses in other end use markets….   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

BARCELONA (ICIS)–Manufacturing hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccine shots could boost demand for polypropylene (PP), but not enough to compensate for losses in other end use markets….   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

LONDON (ICIS)–Chemicals companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance is more noticed as climate action climbs the corporate agenda. Shareholders will benchmark ESG performance…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

LONDON (ICIS)–Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) was on Sunday mandated to explore potential opportunities in the fast-emerging hydrogen sector, with such an investment likely to involve…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

The results of two US Senate run-off elections in Georgia in January will likely determine how much of president-elect Joe Biden’s agenda his administration will be able to accomplish, an…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Sika has commissioned a manufacturing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), which produces epoxy resins aimed at flooring solutions, the Swiss specialty chemicals firm…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east

LONDON (ICIS)–A vast amount of research and development (R&D) at a $5bn cost is required to speed up the roll-out at an industrial scale of zero carbon fuels necessary for the shipping…   Source: https://www.icis.com/rss/publicrss/?free=true&region=middle%20east