LyondellBasell: 533 articles – Plastics Information Europe

Modest Q1 profit on demand rise / Improved margins / Final quarter under Chapter 11

28.05.2010

Poland's Basell Orlen declares force majeure for PP

20.05.2010

Standard Thermoplastics Trend May 2010: Upsurge continues / Without higher costs many producers improve margins substantially / Supply generally tight / Demand lively but looking shakier

17.05.2010

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LDPE: LyondellBasell's Aubette plant is down

14.05.2010

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in April 2010: Further increases / PP and polystyrenes with triple-digit rise / LDPE margins improve / Supply still tight / Demand much livelier / Notations expected to rise less sharply in May

05.05.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Chapter 11 exited on 30 April as planned

04.05.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Exit from Chapter 11 definitively sealed / US stock listing to be sought from third quarter

27.04.2010

ALBIS PLASTIC

Distribution of LyondellBasell's PE 100 and PE 80 grades

22.04.2010

SHOWA DENKO

Plant for carbon nanotubes begins operations / Highpolymer subsidiary integrated into core business / SunAllomer expands

21.04.2010

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell declares FM on butadiene from Berre

16.04.2010

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2010: Prices still spiralling higher / LDPE and PP tightness bites / PP and styrenics see triple-digit rise / Lively seasonal demand coincides with supply shortfall

15.04.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

US government probes Kazakhstan payment / Polyolefins group blows the whistle on itself

09.04.2010

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in March 2010: Further increases go through / Severe shortages of LDPE and PP / Unbalanced production / Imports scarce / Seasonal upturn begins / Price hikes will dominate the picture in April

07.04.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Thai jv completes PP expansion project / Output ramped up to 700,000 t/y / Packaging demand up

31.03.2010

PLASTICS ECONOMY

Producers begin to emerge from recession / Capacity cutbacks help boost the bottom line / Asian rebound fuels hopes for worldwide recovery / Overextended players still dealing with crisis

22.03.2010

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Carrington

17.03.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Reorganisation plan approved / Chapter 11 exit is foreseen for 30 April / Apollo will have majority

12.03.2010

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend March 2010: Upward movement continues as Q1 ends / Size of hikes diminishes / Supplies show signs of tightening / Seasonal demand upswing thwarted by weather

12.03.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Latest Reliance offer rejected? / Polyolefins group sees sales crash, slight rise in operating profit in 2009

04.03.2010

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in February 2010: Further massive increases for polyolefins / PVC producers pass on higher costs / PS margins improve / EPS stagnates / Supply tends tight / Upward price trend set to continue

03.03.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Closure of PP plant in Italy planned

26.02.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Reliance said to increase bid to USD 14.5 bn in cash and stock options / Analysts sceptical

23.02.2010

LYONDELLBASELL

Payout increase in out-of-court settlement with unsecured creditors / Chapter 11 exit speeded?

17.02.2010

POLYMIRAE

Launch of PP random copolymer for hot and cold water pipes

16.02.2010

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in January 2010: Feedstock costs drive notations up significantly / Unusual circumstances / Converters in a bind / End markets put up resistance / Further rises likely in February

03.02.2010

LYONDELLBASELL Modest Q1 profit on demand rise / Improved margins / Final quarter under Chapter 11	28.05.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Poland's Basell Orlen declares force majeure for PP	20.05.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend May 2010: Upsurge continues / Without higher costs many producers improve margins substantially / Supply generally tight / Demand lively but looking shakier	17.05.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS LDPE: LyondellBasell's Aubette plant is down	14.05.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in April 2010: Further increases / PP and polystyrenes with triple-digit rise / LDPE margins improve / Supply still tight / Demand much livelier / Notations expected to rise less sharply in May	05.05.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Chapter 11 exited on 30 April as planned	04.05.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Exit from Chapter 11 definitively sealed / US stock listing to be sought from third quarter	27.04.2010
ALBIS PLASTIC Distribution of LyondellBasell's PE 100 and PE 80 grades	22.04.2010
SHOWA DENKO Plant for carbon nanotubes begins operations / Highpolymer subsidiary integrated into core business / SunAllomer expands	21.04.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS LyondellBasell declares FM on butadiene from Berre	16.04.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2010: Prices still spiralling higher / LDPE and PP tightness bites / PP and styrenics see triple-digit rise / Lively seasonal demand coincides with supply shortfall	15.04.2010
LYONDELLBASELL US government probes Kazakhstan payment / Polyolefins group blows the whistle on itself	09.04.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in March 2010: Further increases go through / Severe shortages of LDPE and PP / Unbalanced production / Imports scarce / Seasonal upturn begins / Price hikes will dominate the picture in April	07.04.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Thai jv completes PP expansion project / Output ramped up to 700,000 t/y / Packaging demand up	31.03.2010
PLASTICS ECONOMY Producers begin to emerge from recession / Capacity cutbacks help boost the bottom line / Asian rebound fuels hopes for worldwide recovery / Overextended players still dealing with crisis	22.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Carrington	17.03.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Reorganisation plan approved / Chapter 11 exit is foreseen for 30 April / Apollo will have majority	12.03.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend March 2010: Upward movement continues as Q1 ends / Size of hikes diminishes / Supplies show signs of tightening / Seasonal demand upswing thwarted by weather	12.03.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Latest Reliance offer rejected? / Polyolefins group sees sales crash, slight rise in operating profit in 2009	04.03.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in February 2010: Further massive increases for polyolefins / PVC producers pass on higher costs / PS margins improve / EPS stagnates / Supply tends tight / Upward price trend set to continue	03.03.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Closure of PP plant in Italy planned	26.02.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Reliance said to increase bid to USD 14.5 bn in cash and stock options / Analysts sceptical	23.02.2010
LYONDELLBASELL Payout increase in out-of-court settlement with unsecured creditors / Chapter 11 exit speeded?	17.02.2010
POLYMIRAE Launch of PP random copolymer for hot and cold water pipes	16.02.2010
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics in January 2010: Feedstock costs drive notations up significantly / Unusual circumstances / Converters in a bind / End markets put up resistance / Further rises likely in February	03.02.2010

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