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STYROLUTION
BASF reiterates commitment to styrenics JV / Growth targets outlined in Frankfurt
30.08.2013
DOW
Sites selected in Texas and Louisiana for US plastics projects / Louisiana projects to be completed end-2016
30.08.2013
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BorsodChem: Force majeure for TDI / Technical problem during plant start up
29.08.2013
OLTCHIM
Losses continue to mount / Capacity estimated at below 20% / Reportedly 10 contenders with interest to purchase insolvent company
29.08.2013
SINOPEC
H1 chemicals loss declines on improved demand / Resin sales volumes climb 0.4% / Growth expected to continue in H2
29.08.2013
PKN ORLEN
Plans to expand phenol production / Target is 200,000 t after 2017 / Around EUR 640m development plan
28.08.2013
SINOPEC
Produces first commercial-grade ethylene at Wuhan facility / Commissioning now complete of petrochemicals complex
22.08.2013
SASOL
Opts out of Iranian joint venture / Selling all shares to Iranian investor
21.08.2013
BOREALIS
Soft European polyolefins market contributes to 26% fall in net earnings in Q2 2013 / Borouge profits improve following maintenance turnaround
20.08.2013
INVISTA
Collaborating on bio-derived processes with Portugal's SilicoLife / Initial focus on butadiene
20.08.2013
BRASKEM
Higher resin margins boost Q2 profits / Cracker and PE operating rates improve
16.08.2013
DSM
Forecast for 2013 upheld after satisfactory Q2 / Performance Materials results improve
14.08.2013
FERROSTAAL
Joint venture with Saturn Project Development agreed for North American petrochemicals projects
14.08.2013
WESTLAKE
Profits boosted by lower feedstock costs and increased sales volumes / US vinyls business improving / Projects underway to improve future profitability
13.08.2013
VERSALIS
Plans to produce hydrocarbon resins at Priolo site / Agreement with Neville Venture
12.08.2013
WILLIAMS
Olefin production scheduled to resume in April 2014 / Expansion of capacity coinciding with repairs
06.08.2013
EVONIK
Alternative raw material for polyamide 12 / Pilot plant for bio-based ALS in operation in Slovakia
31.07.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Scaled-up CO2-fed polyols unit set to start in 2015 / “Several thousand tonnes” of capacity
29.07.2013
DOW
Performance plastics business leads in operating profit gains / Sales remain static / K-Dow award applied to debt reduction
26.07.2013
ENI
Plan to revamp Gela refinery / Project to restore efficiency and profitability / Training and safety centre planned / Biofuels research continues
26.07.2013
AIR LIQUIDE
Construction begins on German TDI feedstock facility / EUR 100m investment
23.07.2013
CLARIANT
Long-term ethylene supply contract with OMV for Gendorf / Surplus from Burghausen cracker
22.07.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Unipetrol shuts down steam cracker in Litvinov following pipe rupture
19.07.2013
CLARIANT
Riding the wave of the shale boom in the US / Plans to expand catalyst production in Kentucky
16.07.2013
ROMPETROL
Consolidation of petrochemical activities ready for shareholder approval / Need to improve efficiency
16.07.2013
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