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BOREALIS
Weaker economy and soft polyolefins market depress Q4 net profit / FY 2018 net profit down 17% / "Good year" expected for 2019
26.02.2019
SAUDI ARAMCO
Agreements for two refinery JVs in China with downstream plastics
26.02.2019
VERSALIS
Operating loss for Eni chemicals arm in 2018 / PE margins wiped out in Q4
22.02.2019
BRASKEM
Start-up of demo plant for renewable MEG in Denmark / Collaboration with Haldor Topsøe on “Mosaik” process for PET feedstock
22.02.2019
SHALE GAS
UK government will not bend earthquake rules for fracking companies / Ineos and Cuadrilla lay on the pressure
20.02.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Vestolit lifts FM at site in Marl
19.02.2019
TRINSEO
Outlook for 2019 downgraded / Market weakness continued in Q1 / 2018 earnings lower than expected
19.02.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe hits out at EU “green” taxes and shale disadvantage / Open letter to the commission / “Nobody seriously invests in Europe”
15.02.2019
POLYETHYLENE
Russia's Irkutsk Oil plans for ethane cracker and PE plant in Siberia / Toyo Engineering to build facility
13.02.2019
PIC
Canadian PDH-PP Project to go ahead / “Abundant” supply of propane
11.02.2019
DOWDUPONT
Merged group reports “consistently strong” Q4 and 2018 results / Separation of companies “on track” for 2019
08.02.2019
LYONDELLBASELL
Sales rise 13% led by Advanced Polymer business / Net income falls nearly 4% on non-US Olefins and Polyolefins / Braskem deal delayed
07.02.2019
TRINSEO
Frank Bozich will be new CEO / Q4 profit warning issued / Job cuts at Synthetic Rubber business
06.02.2019
CELANESE
Acetic acid expansion in the US / Optimisation plans for global production network
01.02.2019
AVANTIUM
New managing director appointed for Synvina after BASF exits PEF JV / Dutch company paid EUR 13.7m for BASF's stake
31.01.2019
BASF
German group founds digitalisation division / Christoph Wegner appointed head
30.01.2019
PAMPA ENERGIA
Permanent closure of Argentine ethylene plant on weak demand
29.01.2019
BASF / SOLVAY
EU greenlights polyamide deal / Required conditions outlined for the first time
18.01.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Vestolit resumes supply from Marl / Force majeure remains in effect
18.01.2019
LOTTE / BP
USD 175m expansion at Ulsan up to 2020 / VAM capacity to double
18.01.2019
INEOS
New cracker and PDH facilities confirmed at port of Antwerp / Jim Ratcliffe says decline of petrochemicals in Europe to be reversed
17.01.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Fire at Karpatneftekhim's site in Ukraine
16.01.2019
KURARAY
JV with PTT and Sumitomo proceeds with butadiene derivatives plant in Thailand / Adjacent Kuraray MPD project also confirmed
16.01.2019
SHALE GAS
Glitch-plagued Mariner East 2 pipeline now up and running / Third US shale transport route planned / Economic impact study fuels LNG fervour
15.01.2019
BASF
Framework agreement for Guangdong signed / Sustainability embedded in site concept / Wholly-owned cracker will produce 1m t/y of ethylene
14.01.2019
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