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Bridgestone, the world’s largest tyre and rubber company, today announces a partnership with Italian game developer, Milestone, on the latest ...

Deep-sea BD supply to Asia to dwindle after US plant blasts

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Deep-sea butadiene (BD) supply to Asia will dwindle following explosions that hit a major US plant, with shipments to ...

China BD demand softens on operating rates cut at downstream units

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Chinese butadiene (BD) demand is expected to soften as downstream sectors cut operating rates due to cost pressure. In ...

US delays several proposed Chinese tariffs on plastics, chems to Dec

HOUSTON (ICIS)--The US will delay the implementation of several proposed tariffs on plastic and chemical exports from China to 15 ...

India SBR demand to stay weak on falling auto sales, slowing economy

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--India's styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) demand is expected to remain weak amid falling automotive sales and a slowing economy. ...

Asia EPDM downtrend on eighth month; demand may not pick up soon

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Asia's ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) prices have been falling since October 2018 because of a supply glut and slowing demand, ...

Firestone unveils job cuts as rubber prices fall

MONROVIA: Firestone, the biggest private employer in Liberia, announced 200 job cuts among its 6,200 employees, with hundreds more redundancies ...

Rubber deficiency is good for Tokyo’s peak in Hong Kong to lower futures prices

The Tokyo morning RSS1908 contract opened at 185.3 yen, down 4.5 yen from the previous trading day. The TSR1909 contract opened ...

Americas petrochemicals outlook, March 25-29

by Charliey Daniel