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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares FM for PP from Carrington / Market tightens further
08.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
European olefin output improves in Q1 2014 / Renewed cutbacks could see weaker Q2
07.07.2014
BRASKEM
New UHMW-PE project planned in USA / Start-up scheduled for 2016
07.07.2014
MITSUBISHI / SABIC
Plans for Saudi MMA and PMMA complex finalised / Start-up targeted for mid-2017
04.07.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
Alpha olefins expansion gets go-ahead / Part of major investment plan for Texas sites
04.07.2014
LANXESS
New PA 6 polymer plant starts up in Antwerp / Own feedstock and glass fibre supply / Output to go towards automotive sector
03.07.2014
EMERALD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
Sun Capital sells additive manufacturer to American Securities holding group
03.07.2014
SHALE GAS
Spain's constitutional court throws out fracking ban / Some estimate reserves as high as 1.4 tr cbm
01.07.2014
STYROLUTION
Ineos buys BASF's share in 50:50 styrenics joint venture for EUR 1.1 bn
30.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Basell Orlen Polyolefins announces FM for polypropylene
30.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total declares force majeure for homopolymeric PP from Feluy
30.06.2014
CLARIANT
Debottlenecking German “Licocene” metallocene polyolefin plant / 50% capacity upgrade due on stream in 2016
30.06.2014
BIOPLASTICS
Rising fossil fuel costs drive bioplastics growth / Bioplastics to account for 2.4% of packaging in 2023 / North American shale gas could propel consumption in other regions / Smithers Pira report
27.06.2014
ITALY
Plastics sector still in crisis mood / Consumption of all polymers declines in 2013
27.06.2014
DOW
Construction on mega Texas cracker to start this month / Commissioning in 2017 / Plans for downstream facilities specified
27.06.2014
INEOS / SOLVAY
European chlorvinyls activities to merge under new Inovyn 50:50 jv / Operations expected to commence in Q4 / Solvay to exit after three years
26.06.2014
BIOAMBER
CAD 20m loan secured for Canadian bio-based succinic acid plant
26.06.2014
TRELLIS EARTH
Assets of insolvent bioplastics producer Cereplast acquired / Backward integration / Plans for new products in the US
26.06.2014
BRENNTAG
Distributing Epsan's PA 6 and PA 6.6 compounds in Germany
26.06.2014
JBF
Belgian PET plant successfully starts up / First volumes hit the market
25.06.2014
SHALE GAS CHINA
US-Chinese partnerships explore opportunities for unconventional gas in the People's Republic / Restructuring of energy mix / Chinese firms also participating in US fracking projects
25.06.2014
BASF
Compounding units for PA and PBT start up in Shanghai / Ground-breaking for second Korean plant
24.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Work on US Gulf Coast crackers and PE plants gears up / ChevronPhillips and ExxonMobil lead the way / Some 30% of expanded US commodity plastics output to be exported by 2020
23.06.2014
MITSUBISHI RAYON / MITSUI
MoU for large-scale MMA joint venture in the US / Non-binding feedstock agreement with Dow
23.06.2014
PVC RECYCLING
Continuous increase across Europe / UK accounts for over 20% of total / Recovinyl report
23.06.2014
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