Policy & Regulation

Strong demand for cheaper, US-produced crude oil is fuelling a pipeline conversion project, following suit from several other projects that are sending US crude oil to global markets.

• Cruel Oil

The impact of electric vehicles (EVs) on crude oil prices in the next five years will be almost negligible, according to a crude analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA).

• Cruel Oil

A recently created Florida business was stripped of a $30 million order to provide tarps and plastic sheeting to repair houses in Puerto Rico that were damaged by Hurricane Maria more than two months ago.

• Tarps
• Plastics

Rising product demand, owing to its long-term effectiveness, high elastic resilience, tenacity, and eco-friendly nature of PSF, is also ...

• Polyester
• Fiber
• 2025

We continuously demanding for the extension of time bared cases as the same relaxation were given to non textile, and several reminders,...

• Pakistan
• Textile

As plastic breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces over time, those nanoparticles can be ingested by smaller and smaller organisms.

• Plastic
• Trash
• Baby

Jeffrey Shaw, chief supply chain, quality, and business improvement officer, Sun Chemical, noted that Sun Chemical remains strongly co...

• Environmental
• Ink
• Raw Materials

Osman urged the envoy to facilitate bilateral investment as Brazil is an important source for Bangladesh for raw cotton.

• Knitwear
• Brazilian
• Rules

The UK government has reaffirmed its position that it wants existing REACH registrations and authorisations to remain valid in both the EU and UK markets after Brexit.

• REACH

Consumer electronics companies are more advanced than jewellery retailers in promoting conflict-free sourcing from the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a just-released NGO report.

• Consumer
• Electronics

Improving the information and quality of REACH authorisation applications is a key challenge that needs to be addressed, Echa head Geert Dancet has said.

• REACH

US trade group the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association criticised an NGO report — which grades retailers’ on their efforts to tackle chemicals of concern — for implying children’s products could be toxic.

• Children
• Products
• Toxic

The European Furniture Industries Confederation (Efic) has welcomed a warning, included in the revised EU Green Public Procurement criteria, on the negative effects of flame retardant use.

• Efic
• Flame Retardant

The US and Australia have complained to the WTO that hazard-based EU proposals to regulate endocrine-disrupting substances (EDCs) in biocidal and plant protection products will harm international trade.

• EDC

Vietnam aims to complete its first comprehensive national chemical inventory and database by 2019, an official at its chemicals agency Vinachemia said.

• Vietnam

Over-the-counter (OTC) trade on the German GASPOOL market is unlikely to exceed NCG hub volume for a second month in a row despite a successful capacity auction on Monday and favourable price differences.

• GASPOOL

5Mn bales but Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) estimates cotton production would be around 12.

• Pakistan
• Import
• Cotton
• Withdrawn

On November 14, ECHEMI held the 2017 Global Coating Forum and Procurement Conferences. In the afternoon, there were three procurement meetings, and over 70 global buyers and more than 100 suppliers attended.

• Coating Forum
• Procurement

On November 14, 2017, Global Coating Forum & Procurement Conference opened in Shanghai. Hundreds of buyers and suppliers attended this conference. Many companies reached cooperation and will make orders.

• Cooperation
• Echemi
• Coating Forum

At the Global Coating Forum & Procurement Conference, ECHEMI helped Datong Coal Industrial Jinyu Kaolin Chemical reach the annual agency agreement with Eezo Pak from South Africa. Datong Coal Jinyu Kaolin Chemical is the superior supplier of ECHEMI.

• Echemi
• Coating Forum
• Datong Coal Kaolin