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SABIC
Planned petchems plant may be shifted from China / Delays by Beijing authorities blamed
09.03.2007
KUMHO MITSUI
MDI capacity to double to 130,000 t/y
09.03.2007
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
EUR 2.28 bn investment in 2m t/y integrated cracker and petrochemicals complex in India
08.03.2007
HYDRO POLYMERS
Earnings recover in 2006 / Production rises
28.02.2007
SIBUR
Polypropylene plant planned in Tobolsk
01.02.2007
POLIMERI EUROPE
Cracker at Gela likely to close / 120 jobs at stake / LDPE unit would be supplied from Priolo
26.01.2007
BASF
HMD unit in UK shut after leak / Workers injured
08.01.2007
LA SEDA
PTA and PET license to Russia
08.01.2007
BASELL
Acquisition of Münchsmünster cracker finalised
04.01.2007
LA SEDA
Plans for a new PTA facility in Portugal
11.12.2006
BASELL
EU reviews takeover plans for Ruhr Oel cracker at Münchsmünster / Backward integration
05.12.2006
PETROCHINA
More ethylene from Lanzhou
01.12.2006
SABIC
Mammoth cracker project in China approaching / Joint venture partners sought
14.11.2006
ANWIL
Purchase of PVC manufacturer Spolana for EUR 46m concluded / Capital expenditures planned
14.11.2006
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Italian oil group hails renaissance of petrochemicals / Eni to invest EUR 600m in Porto Marghera
09.11.2006
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
OMV to expand Burghausen cracker / EUR 640m investment / New PP unit for Borealis
08.11.2006
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Technical problems shut Unipetrol crackers
12.10.2006
BASF / DOW
Cornerstone laid for Antwerp HPPO plant
06.10.2006
AKER KVAERNER
Contract for world-class PTA facility in China
04.10.2006
RHODIA POLYAMIDE
New Chinese facility for PA feedstock
02.10.2006
HUNTSMAN / SABIC
Saudis buy UK-based chemical and polymer units for USD 700m / PE plant to be completed
29.09.2006
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Restructuring of French styrene production / Some 300 jobs set to be cut over five years
25.09.2006
DEGUSSA
DMT business being sold to Arques
22.09.2006
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Follow-up: Repsol and BASF still suffering from Tarragona flood damage / Leaks contaminate agricultural land
21.09.2006
DOW
Force majeure for ethylene and propylene in Tarragona
20.09.2006
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