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MEXICHEM
Partnering with state-owned Pemex on vinyl chloride joint venture
01.07.2011
EVONIK
Chinese joint venture acquires license for HPPO plant in Jilin province / Technology co-developed with Uhde
29.06.2011
PETROBRAS
Partners sought for PET and fibres complex / PET plant scheduled to start up this year
14.06.2011
SHELL
Plans to build large-scale ethane cracker fed from Marcellus Shale Basin / Output could reach 1m t/y
09.06.2011
PKN ORLEN
New PX and PTA complex start up / Claimed to be most efficient facility of its kind in Europe / Output to go towards meeting growing regional demand
09.06.2011
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
BASF restarts Ludwigshafen cracker
07.06.2011
S-OIL
Huge PX line commissioned in South Korea
07.06.2011
BORSODCHEM
New TDI plant to start up in Hungary end-June / High raw material costs to limit output initially / Shutdown at MDI plant
06.06.2011
LYONDELLBASELL
Plans to sell Berre refinery in France announced / LDPE and PP production will be continued
03.06.2011
NOVA CHEMICALS
Higher volumes and reduced fixed costs help improve operating profits across business / Agreements signed to assure feedstock supply for Alberta and Ontario plants
03.06.2011
HUNTSMAN
Technology licensed for PO project in China / Worldscale plant to start up in 2013
30.05.2011
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema restarts Lavera VCM line / FM will be lifted next week
27.05.2011
NIGERIA
Indorama joint venture to build USD 1.8 bn petrochemical complex in Port Harbour / New methanol and LDPE capacities / Saudi Arabia's Natpet planning even larger hub
26.05.2011
INDORAMA
PTA expansion in Rotterdam / High PET capacity utilisation in Q1 / Significant rise in revenues
24.05.2011
UBE
PA segment leads Japanese chemical group in fiscal 2011 / Operating income quadruples
19.05.2011
SASOL-HUNTSMAN
FM on maleic anhydride said to be lifted
18.05.2011
DSM / ROQUETTE
Commercial scale plant for bio-based succinic acid to start up next year / Europe's largest facility
10.05.2011
LYONDELLBASELL
Surge of 119% in Q1 EBITDA / Margins improve despite feedstock gains / US cracker expansion?
05.05.2011
DOW
Good first quarter / Basic Plastics division is dissolved / PP and HDPE activities up for grabs
03.05.2011
DSM
Price increases in plastics activities help drive Q1 growth / Full year results expected to exceed those of 2010
02.05.2011
SABIC
ACN joint venture agreed with Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi / Construction of 200,000 t/y plant in Saudi Arabia
29.04.2011
DOW
US chemical giant plans to source ethane from shale gas reserves / New feedstock avenues open the way to raising North American cracker capacities
28.04.2011
FORMOSA PLASTICS
Plans to raise capacity at Texas naphtha cracker / Expansions in PVC chain to follow suit
27.04.2011
VINYLS ITALIA
No payments to date by Gita investment fund / Deadline extended to 27 April / No alternative in sight
27.04.2011
SOJITZ
Japanese trade firm inks long-term butadiene supply contract with Brazil's Braskem
21.04.2011
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