ITALY Petchem industry trying to shake off an uncertain past / Going green / Many obstacles still remain	05.12.2014
COMMENT Italy continues to go "green"	24.11.2014
POLYTALK PlasticsEurope conference highlights petchems producers' negative outlook for future of European manufacturing / Producers call for more support from Brussels / Authorities highlight benefits of circular economy	10.11.2014
VERSALIS Dunkirk cracker to be converted to ethane feedstock / Imports of US shale gas	21.10.2014
ENI / VERSALIS Petrochemical processing units of Sardinian refinery in Sarroch sold to Saras	06.10.2014
ENI / VERSALIS Porto Marghera cracker to be permanently closed / Conversion to bioplastics hub confirmed	25.09.2014
GENOMATICA Biobased processes for nylon intermediates under development / Feasibility validated / Plans to licence technology to major players in PA value chain	13.08.2014
ENI / VERSALIS Reprieve for Porto Marghera and Gela sites / National roundtable on restructuring in September / Conversion to renewables hub confirmed	06.08.2014
ENI / VERSALIS Italy braces for another strike over envisaged refinery closures / Nationwide demonstration planned in Rome for 29 July	23.07.2014
VERSALIS / ENI Update: Four Italian refinery and petrochemical sites threatened with closure / Eni informs unions / Protests planned	10.07.2014
VERSALIS Unions strike to protest delayed restart of Porto Marghera cracker / Conversion to renewables hub also in doubt	09.07.2014
BASF German chemical giant opposes prolonged use of HBCD flame retardants in EPS/XPS foams	19.06.2014
MATRICA First biochemical plant begins operations in Porto Torres / Additional downstream facilities set to start up in near future	18.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Versalis lifts FM for EVA from Oberhausen	05.06.2014
BASF Spanish XPS plant now switched to PolyFR flame retardant / All plants to be converted by year's end / ECHA opens consultation on petition for exceptions from the 2015 HBCD phase-out	21.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Brindisi / C3 increasingly tight as Versalis' cracker appears to be off stream too	14.04.2014
EPS INSULATION Syndicate plans to lobby EU to prolong use of HBCD as flame retardant / Decision expected by year's end / Ban already enforced in Switzerland / German association members plan to follow in mid-2014	11.03.2014
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend February 2014: Price movements largely follow costs / PE producers achieve small margin gains / PVC manufacturers refuse to budge / Styrenics tending weaker	17.02.2014
VERSALIS Major revamp at Porto Marghera to cost EUR 200m / Six-month shutdown / Unions agree	13.02.2014
VERSALIS MoU with Elevance to develop metathesis technology for vegetable oil-based bio-chemicals / Plans for world-scale facility in Porto Marghera	11.02.2014
BRASKEM Agreement with Genomatica to develop bio-based butadiene process / Genomatica butadiene programme extended into the Americas	16.01.2014
POLYMER PRICES Standard Thermoplastics Trend November 2013: PE and PP producers pass on lower costs / Signs point to stabilisation / PVC stands its ground / Styrenics fall in line with monomer	14.11.2013
VERSALIS Styrene rubber site in Hythe to close / New elastomer joint venture with Lotte in South Korea	13.11.2013
VERSALIS Partnership with LG Chem for mLLDPE	29.10.2013
REPSOL Plans to invest EUR 120m in Tarragona and Puertollano through 2016 / Restructuring for high-grade materials EVA, PE metallocene grades and polyols / Days numbered for EPS site Monzon	01.10.2013

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