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WORLD ECONOMY
IfW Kiel: Global trade down in July / Ukraine grain transport difficult
09.08.2022
BOREALIS
Construction of Belgian PDH plant on indefinite hold / Media reports say human trafficking probe focuses on workers at site
08.08.2022
OMV
Q2 sales, profit soar on gas prices / Plastics margins back to normal / Lower sales volumes expected for PE, PP / Schwechat refinery to be onstream by October
05.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylene: HIP Petrohemija declares force majeure
04.08.2022
UPDATE - RUSSIA
Polymer industry hit by weak demand / Downward price trend in July / Exports in disarray / Packaging, car sectors suffer
29.07.2022
OQ CHEMICALS
Former Oxea supports Röhm's integrated MMA production / Final go-ahead for project in Texas
29.07.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Country on “cusp” of recession / Business confidence worst since June 2020
27.07.2022
CATALYST TECHNOLOGY
Researchers seek to create methanol from CO2 / Aimplas oversees project between Europe, Japan
27.07.2022
LYONDELLBASELL
Subsidiary Equistar to build propylene plant at US Channelview site
26.07.2022
BOREALIS
JV Baystar ethane cracker commissioned in Texas jointly with TotalEnergies
25.07.2022
BASF
Final approval for Zhanjiang Verbund site / First wholly owned cracker due onstream in 2026 / Complex to be bigger than Nanjing site
25.07.2022
MALAYSIA
First PE line of the Rapid project is running again / On-spec generation not expected until 2023
22.07.2022
NATURAL GAS
Nord Stream 1 back online / Flow level reduced / Cefic issues statement on European Commission's call for reduced natural gas use
21.07.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PET: Indian JBF the first producer to supposedly declare force majeure / High costs cause plant cutbacks in Europe
21.07.2022
BASF
Final stage of North American MDI upgrade / Capacity doubled from 2016 / Feedstock made from shale gas
21.07.2022
NATURAL GAS
European Commission proposes that member states slash gas use / Commission President von der Leyen says Russia “blackmailing” Europe
20.07.2022
POLYMER PRICES
Paraxylene June 2022: Contract finally fixed after tenuous talks
20.07.2022
POLYMER PRICES
Paraxylene June 2022: Why the contract price is still not available after three weeks / An attempt to explain
20.07.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Ukraine war hits major German industries / Ifo study
20.07.2022
HUNTSMAN
Start-up of new MDI splitter in US / Increase in proportion of high-quality products
19.07.2022
SHELL
Billions of euros for sustainability / 2032 goal for net zero emissions / Construction of Dutch pyrolysis plant / Increased capture, storage of carbon
18.07.2022
ENERGY MARKETS
Qatar finalises gas North Field Expansion contracts / Five energy majors participating / Total, Shell, Exxon with the largest stakes
15.07.2022
PETROCHEMICALS ITALY
Union leader Pirani praises, blasts Versalis strategy / Says future of basic chemicals “uncertain”
15.07.2022
INDORAMA
Licensing deal to build, own, and run Chinese plant for propylene oxide, TBA, MTBE
14.07.2022
NATURAL GAS
Nord Stream 1 closed for maintenance / Concerns that Moscow will end gas shipments to Europe / Could UK cap gas deliveries to the EU? / Rationing this winter?
13.07.2022
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