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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: TotalEnergies declares force majeure in Belgium / Little impact expected for European market / Trouble for Sabic at Dutch site?
26.07.2023
DOW CHEMICAL
Sales slip, profits slump / Price erosion, weak demand also affecting US chemical giant
26.07.2023
COVESTRO
Adnoc increases purchase offer / Next round of Takeover poker
20.07.2023
OMV
Management seeks to merge Borealis, Borouge assets / Resulting company could be worth USD 20 bn
17.07.2023
HALDIA
Large-scale petchem project in Southern India starts to take shape
10.07.2023
BOREALIS / BOROUGE
Are OMV and Adnoc planning a merger? / A move up into the heavyweight league
07.07.2023
NOVA CHEMICALS
Study to build 66,000 t/y pyrolysis-driven recycling facility in Canada / Partnership with Plastic Energy
07.07.2023
TOTALENERGIES / INEOS
French group exits Lavera JV / UK giant grabs share in Naphthachimie's cracker, polymer plants
05.07.2023
TOTALENERGIES
Development of packaging from RE:clic range
05.07.2023
LYONDELLBASELL
JV with German agricultural film recycler AFA Nord
30.06.2023
POLYOLEFINS
Significant shifts ahead for European market / China close to self-sufficiency
29.06.2023
GRUPA AZOTY
Start-up of new PP plant at Police / First in Europe in 15 years / Complex includes gas terminal
28.06.2023
BASF
Start of construction for PE swing plant in Zhanjiang
28.06.2023
COVESTRO
Follow-up: Plastics group turns down Adnoc takeover bid
23.06.2023
TOTALENERGIES
HDPE resin enables downgauging for tethered caps
23.06.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: Borealis confirms force majeure in Belgium / End unclear
21.06.2023
COVESTRO
Emirati-run Adnoc makes takeover approach to German resin maker – media reports / Share price jumps
21.06.2023
BRASKEM
Brazilian PVC producer Unipar offers billion-dollar deal to compatriot Novonor
15.06.2023
LOBBE
German film recycler FVH ceases operations / High costs, weak demand make reclaim business unprofitable
15.06.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: Repsol declares force majeure in Tarragona, Spain
14.06.2023
INDIA
Petchem capacity to surge over next four years / Polyolefins lead increase, says report
13.06.2023
DOW
Q2 sales expectations shrink / Economic conditions “challenging” / Offtake deal for bio-ethylene
07.06.2023
KAFRIT
Subsidiary Constab puts masterbatch plant onstream in China / Capacity grows by 50%
06.06.2023
LYONDELLBASELL
Refinery shutdown pushed to 2025 / Polyolefins giant cites impact on workforce / Houston to become a circular polymer hub
05.06.2023
SONATRACH
Firms tapped to design, build PP plant in Algeria
01.06.2023
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