By the end of 2020, Russian petchem company Sibur’s Krasnoyarsk site plans to start commercial production of synthetic nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) latex with a capacity of 3,500 tonnes/year. The project aims to develop a feedstock base for import substitution of technical…
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Giti Tire to keep US tyre plant idled until early May
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