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Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2012: Increases for polyolefins are limited to cost pass-through / PVC profits from start of building season / PS notations lose ground / Slack ordering sets the tone

Standard Thermoplastics in March 2012: Significant margin improvement for PE and PVC in Q1 / Stable costs keep PS and EPS in check / Scant supply improvement / High prices dampen demand / Fresh hikes in store

Dawn of the “Great Ethylene Era” / Five Year Plan calls for massive increase in domestic C2 capacities / Pinpointed regional investments / Foreign players race to form joint ventures

Scottish environmental agency slaps ExxonMobile with record fine for failing to report climate pollution from Fife ethylene cracker / Dow Chemical penalised as well

Standard Thermoplastics Trend February 2012: Producers improve margins / Only styrenics players fail to cover their costs / Icy conditions hamper production / Upward price trend likely to continue up to Easter

Agreement to acquire ExxonMobil's stake in Fina Antwerp Olefins jv

US Environmental Protection Agency to study shale gas-related water issues / European resistance growing / Strategic move toward exploitation in Poland

North America October 2011: Polymer markets are increasingly feeling the pressure / PE on a moderate decline / Polypropylene and polystyrene notations cave in / ABS in free fall / RTi reports

Alternative feedstocks rejuvenate global plastics sector/ Oilfield licences to be awarded in Brazil / Shale gas fever rages on three continents / Middle East resources still firmly driving / Saudi Arabia, Iran are major players / GlobalData reports

Leading global per capita consumer and producer of plastics / High capacity utilisation rates / Above-average EU salaries impede capacity to compete on world stage

New polycarbonate line to go up in Tianjin by 2015 / Beachhead for Indian subcontinent

The post-quake reality: One-third of ethylene capacities offline / Petrochemical industry crippled by electricity shortages / European and US companies appear largely unaffected / Numerous plants idled as a cautionary measure

Almost half the olefin chain affected by quake and tsunami / Exact extent of damage remains unclear

Engineering contract awarded for Jubail EVA and LDPE project

Follow-up: Shell signs MoU with Qatar Petroleum to study project / Complex to include 1.5m t MEG plant

Follow-up: Shell and Total Petrochemicals pursue Ras Laffan project

Is French oil giant about to replace ExxonMobil at mega project in Ras Laffan?

Maurice Petitjean becomes new CEO of Veriplast

Plants in Perm are now on stream

Standard Thermoplastics in October 2010: French strikes halt slide in notations / LDPE firm / PP down / PVC rolls over / PS moves up / Supply tight / Cost rise brings storm clouds

MOUs to supply 600,000 t/y of polymers to eight Chinese customers / Deal worth EUR 690m

New pan-European distributor for ExxonMobil PP grades used in medical applications

Polymer distribution agreement with ExxonMobil extended

“Enable” range of metallocene polyethylene resins expanded / New mPE grade for tough films

Billions to be invested in petrochemical industry / Total PP capacity to reach 1.5m t in 2015