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AVANTIUM
Offtake agreements with luxury group LVMH and AmBev brewery for purchase of PEF / H1 income loss widens
31.08.2022
BASF
German chemical giant to work with Sulzer on sustainable technologies / Duo to focus on chemical recycling of mixed plastics
29.08.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Expectations at plastics and rubber firms lowest since Q3 2020 / Chemical companies report worst environment in over three decades / Ifo survey
26.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyamide 6: Domo Chemicals declares force majeure on the polymer and precursor caprolactam
25.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyamide 6: Poland's Grupa Azoty temporarily suspends polymerisation, production of precursor caprolactam
24.08.2022
UPDATE - BOREALIS
Resin maker scraps contracts to build Belgian propane dehydrogenation plant / Retender process underway / Move likely to delay completion
24.08.2022
VTT
Finnish centre to create stand-alone firm for chemical recycling tech / Plans for industrial-scale plant by 2026
23.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Possibly none of European plants in operation / BASF material on allocation
19.08.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Subdued expectations reflected in falling crude prices / July report from German economic institute HWWI
18.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Covestro declares force majeure for production in Dormagen, Germany
15.08.2022
BASF
Virtual power agreements for US sites / Renewable solar, wind energy / Steps toward 2050 net zero target
11.08.2022
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY
Ifo Institute: Russian gas issues shatter sector confidence / Worst outlook in nearly 14 years
10.08.2022
SLOVNAFT
Slovakian petchem firm completes ambitious revamp / PP expansion to go onstream in 2024
10.08.2022
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
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