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AXIALL / LOTTE
Plans for US ethane-based cracker receive definite go-ahead / Lake Charles plant to start up in 2019
04.01.2016
SHELL
Moerdijk cracker restarted / Lengthy SM/PO repair works finally completed / Singapore-based cracker down / Preparing for expansions in China and the US
23.12.2015
INEOS
21 new shale gas licenses acquired in the UK / Now country's “leading shale gas company”
23.12.2015
DOW
Large Texas propylene line begins commercial operations / Propane dehydrogenation using shale gas as feedstock
22.12.2015
DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS
New California office will focus on electronics OEMs / Proximity to Silicon Valley
15.12.2015
VERSALIS
Eni head confirms plans for sale / Losses too high / Unions in uproar
14.12.2015
TVK
Name changed to MOL Petrochemicals / Polymer brand names remain unchanged
11.12.2015
POLYNT
Carbon fibre-reinforced SMC production begins in Germany / Maleic acid anhydride capacity raised
10.12.2015
DOW
US chemicals giant said to be in talks with DuPont over potential merge / Combination would create company worth USD 120 bn / Plans for three-way split of activities / Response to shareholder pressure?
09.12.2015
ARAB GULF STATES
Positive outlook for GCC chemicals / Saudi Arabia offers opportunities to downstream investors / New petrochemical projects temporarily halted / Exports to China continue to grow
08.12.2015
COVESTRO
MDI line in Tarragona to be shuttered / “Non-competitive production cost”
08.12.2015
UNIPETROL
Contract to repair Unipetrol's damaged cracker in Litvinov
08.12.2015
SHELL
Huge alpha olefins plant to go up in Geismar / Largest global site for LLDPE co-monomers
03.12.2015
VERSALIS
Potential sale has employees worried / Emergency flaring activities in Brindisi and Ferrara
27.11.2015
ANQORE
DSM Acrylonitrile is renamed / New name for Caprolactam unit soon to be unveiled
24.11.2015
BP
Alabama PTA business put up for sale / Company restructures to remain competitive / Upgrades underway in Belgium and US
23.11.2015
CELANESE
Entry into PEEK compounding market / Base polymer from Solvay? / Acetic acid and VAM output to be widened at Clear Lake site
20.11.2015
PTT
Ineos licenses for new HDPE line in the US / Final decision on North American facility looming
19.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Shell restarts Wesseling cracker
18.11.2015
TRINSEO
Basic plastics and feedstock business continue to perform / Q3 operating profit more than doubles / Record year anticipated
18.11.2015
MOL
New butadiene plant at TVK inaugurated / Feedstock for rubber jv / LDPE start-up in 2016?
16.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire shuts Shell's Moerdijk cracker again / No indication of how long outage will last
13.11.2015
PERSTORP
Renewable “Capa” biopolymer launched / Combining performance and biodegradability / Double-digit growth forecast for bioplastics
12.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Slovnaft's cracker in Bratislava down / LDPE and PP copo deliveries suspended “until further notice”
11.11.2015
BOREALIS
Polyolefins producer delivers strong Q3 results / Less positive outlook
09.11.2015
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