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NOVA CHEMICALS
Steady earnings improvement brings Q4 operating profit
19.03.2010
INEOS
Sale of assets to Middle East buyer? / Preliminary talks on Grangemouth refinery confirmed
16.03.2010
REPSOL
C2 production in Spanish Puertollano to cease for three months / Tarragona to take over partial supply of PE and PP / C3 and SM lines permanently closed
16.03.2010
LYONDELLBASELL
Reorganisation plan approved / Chapter 11 exit is foreseen for 30 April / Apollo will have majority
12.03.2010
BASF
Dismantling of maleic anhydride plant in Feluy begins
10.03.2010
INEOS
PE swing facility in Grangemouth resumes operations / FM remains in place
09.03.2010
BORSODCHEM
Permira to withdraw in two years / Wanhua obtains option to acquire controlling majority
09.03.2010
LYONDELLBASELL
Latest Reliance offer rejected? / Polyolefins group sees sales crash, slight rise in operating profit in 2009
04.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6 supply situation increasingly tight / BASF reports “limited availability” / Rhodia upholds FM
03.03.2010
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Gas-phase TDI plant at Dormagen slated to start up in 2014 / Approval by authorities pending
03.03.2010
TOTAL
Follow up: Strikes called off for now / Propylene production could return to normal in several days
26.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for styrene from Moerdijk
26.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Strikes at Total refineries / FM evidently declared for C3 / Domo Caproleuna cuts PA supplies
25.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for C2/C3 from Moerdijk
25.02.2010
ITALY
Last chance to save Italian vinyls production? / Eni and Qatar's Ramco sign preliminary deal
25.02.2010
HUNTSMAN
Increased volumes contribute to Q4 2009 operating profit rise / Consistent margins maintained across business / Sales and earnings increase in PU division
25.02.2010
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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos lifts FM for C2 and C3 from Cologne
15.02.2010
TOTAL
Dunkirk refinery to be closed / Effects on Polimeri downstream facilities unclear
08.02.2010
BASF
Smaller steam cracker in Ludwigshafen resumes operations
02.02.2010
LA SEDA
Loans guarantee PTA expansion in Sines / 700,000 t/y line to go on stream in mid-2011
02.02.2010
BRASKEM
Quattor acquisition completed / Largest commodity manufacturer in the Americas / In talks to acquire US operations
27.01.2010
SABIC
Prices drive Q4 earnings upward / “Significant improvement” seen in engineering plastics
25.01.2010
LYONDELLBASELL
Court grants three months to exclusively prepare reorganisation plan / Damper for Reliance bid?
25.01.2010
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