TEHRAN Dec 07 (NIPNA)--Isfahan Petrochemical Plant is operating at full capacity, or even higher, to fulfill its commitments to Iranian and international customers, said the plant's managing-director.

TEHRAN Dec 07 (NIPNA)--Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country's petrochemical production during the first three months of the current calendar year to March 21 was 6.9% higher than the previous year.

TEHRAN Dec 07 (NIPNA)--Iran is prepared to become a major petrochemical power in the world provided that it manages to expand all sectors of its petrochemical industry evenly and proportionately, an MP said.

ISTANBUL (ICIS)--Turkey’s petrochemical growth has been running higher than GDP and is expected to continue to be above it, said Mustafa Erdonmez, project director, Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT), at the ICIS Turkish Polymers Conference in Istanbul on Tuesday.

LONDON (ICIS)--Chemicals demand growth is slowing and with it production output growth, the global data from September show.

HOUSTON (ICIS)--The ethane value chain needs to develop downstream in the US in order to fully leverage the country's shale gas advantage, US midstream company Williams said on Tuesday.

Be very careful what you wish for. That is the key message coming out of close analysis of China’s latest trade data.