TEHRAN (NIPNA) - Iran's Tondgouyan Petrochemical Plant has become a member of the global club of palladium catalyst producers, after loading the first batch of the Iranian-made catalyst that was previously monopolized by American, European and Japanese companies, its managing director announced.

TEHRAN (NIPNA) - Iran's deputy petroleum minister and head of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Morteza Shahmirzai gave a mission to the Petrochemical Research and Technology Company (PRTC) to identify and localize new technologies for the petrochemical industry, in addition to producing petrochemical catalysts.