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SIAM CEMENT
JV with A. Schulman for rotational moulding compounds in Thailand
08.01.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total: Striking employees at French refineries / Unions exert pressure for better wages / Three crackers potentially offline
18.12.2013
REPSOL
Tarragona PE lines restarted following maintenance / Cracker recommissioning delayed due to technical problems
09.12.2013
W.R. GRACE
Update: Purchase of Dow's PP Licensing and Catalysts business now complete
06.12.2013
DOW
Tarragona cracker temporarily idled / PE production running at reduced rate / Response to weak European market
04.12.2013
SADARA CHEMICAL
Signing of supply chain agreement for mega-complex / Cracker to be ready by 2015
25.11.2013
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
Expanding alpha olefins capacity in Texas / New capacity expected onstream in Q2 2015 / Study completed
18.11.2013
SIBUR
Plan to build large-scale polyolefin hub in Russia / Cooperation with Gazprom on gas processing complex
18.11.2013
REXTAC
US group plans to build integrated PP plant in Texas / Several old lines to be recommissioned
15.11.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell: Force majeure on PP from the UK
13.11.2013
ILAM
HDPE production line at Iranian complex commissioned / Final completion in two years
13.11.2013
MITSUI CHEMICALS
Plans to expand automotive PP capacity in US and Mexico / New capacity expected onstream in Q4 2014
13.11.2013
SAUDI KAYAN
Decision to stop construction of UHMW-PE plant with Petrokemya
13.11.2013
BOREALIS
Net profit improves slightly in Q3 despite weak polyolefins demand
12.11.2013
REPSOL
LDPE plant explosion in Tarragona
11.11.2013
DOW
Performance Plastics again leads earnings growth / Divestment plans accelerated / Epoxy, chlorine products and vinyls on the chopping block
31.10.2013
LYONDELLBASELL
Operating profit falls in third quarter / PE results help drive growth in Olefins & Polyolefins – Americas segment / Higher ethylene prices improve European margins
30.10.2013
BAYEGAN
Plans for Turkish PP project on again / Fully integrated plant to start operations in 2017
30.10.2013
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
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