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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell: Force majeure for HDPE from Plock facility
29.10.2013
VERSALIS
Partnership with LG Chem for mLLDPE
29.10.2013
INEOS
Grangemouth to reopen after labour dispute ends / UK agrees to grants, loans for ethane terminal
28.10.2013
BRASKEM
Plans to expand LLDPE capacity in Brazil / Additional 120,000 t due on stream in 2015
25.10.2013
SIBUR
President Putin on hand to officially open PP production at Tobolsk
23.10.2013
BOROUGE
Shanghai compounding unit to be expanded / Plans for second Chinese facility scratched
18.10.2013
DIOKI
Plans to restructure and save polymer producer thwarted
16.10.2013
DOW CHEMICAL
Sale of PP licensing and catalysts business to W. R. Grace / Part of plans to divest USD 1.5 bn of non-core assets
15.10.2013
UNIPETROL
Selection of "Innovene S" technology for HDPE line
14.10.2013
SIPCHEM
Start-up of EVA and LDPE Saudi facility moved to Q4
10.10.2013
QINGHAI PROVINCIAL MINING
Purchase of Unipol licence for 400,000 t/y PP facility
10.10.2013
SOCAR
PP and HDPE production to commence in Sumgayit in Azerbaijan in 2016
09.10.2013
LYONDELLBASELL
Shuttering of HDPE line in Wesseling / Customers to be supplied from other locations
02.10.2013
DOW
European production of "Affinity GA" polyolefin elastomers to begin in 2014
19.09.2013
LUKOIL
Production resumes at Karpatneftekhim facility
18.09.2013
SLOVNAFT PETROCHEMICALS
Ceremony for extension of LDPE production in Bratislava
17.09.2013
BOREALIS
New line for PP-LGF compounds at Monza / Automotive weight saving of 15% claimed
12.09.2013
DANGOTE GROUP
New refinery for Nigeria by 2016 / PP production planned / Secure financing for private project
12.09.2013
TOTAL
Update: Plans to restructure Carling / More speciality resins in future / Cracker to be mothballed / Expansion of PE line included / Ineos to continue HDPE at Sarralbe site
06.09.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fiery flare-offs at Versalis LDPE plant in Ferrara / Production shut down for a week
05.09.2013
TOTAL
French management prepared to close naphtha cracker / Fate of Carling site and polymer plant uncertain
02.09.2013
DOW
Sites selected in Texas and Louisiana for US plastics projects / Louisiana projects to be completed end-2016
30.08.2013
CLARIANT
Agreement with Lummus Novolen to develop PP catalyst technologies / Plans to invest EUR 53m in new US plant
28.08.2013
SINOPEC
Produces first commercial-grade ethylene at Wuhan facility / Commissioning now complete of petrochemicals complex
22.08.2013
BOREALIS
Soft European polyolefins market contributes to 26% fall in net earnings in Q2 2013 / Borouge profits improve following maintenance turnaround
20.08.2013
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