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ETHYLENE
July contract published behind schedule / Tough negotiations
02.07.2020
BP / INEOS
Assets worth USD 5 bn to change hands / Chemical group gains berth in polyester and acetyls / Debt-financed deal leverages Styrolution
30.06.2020
DOW / SHELL
Collaboration on electrifying steam crackers
24.06.2020
REACH
UK could see no future association with ECHA / National rules will be drafted
23.06.2020
SASOL
Large stake in US cracker complex reportedly up for sale
17.06.2020
CNOOC / SHELL
Another addition for Huizhou chemicals complex / Large-scale project includes cracker and polyolefins units
10.06.2020
BOREALIS
Plans for Kazakhstan cracker complex dropped / Pandemic clouds horizon
25.05.2020
3V SIGMA
Fire at chemical plant in Italy / Two people injured
20.05.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Borealis declares force majeure on cracker supply / Bottlenecks with some PE grades / Inovyn's PVC production largely unaffected
13.05.2020
BOREALIS
Fire at cracker in Stenungsund / Impact on polyethylene and PVC facilities unclear
11.05.2020
USA
ACC's chemical industry projections show possible rebound in 2021 / Domestic polymer production rises in March
11.05.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Caprolactam: Ube Industries declares force majeure on production in Spain due to fire / PA production unaffected
17.04.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Historic collapse in demand due to coronavirus / Opec+ agrees to cut production / US stocks full / Refineries limit output / Polymer supply so far unaffected / Polyolefin niches face rising prices
17.04.2020
TRINSEO
Is there a future for German styrene production in Böhlen? / Forecast for 2020 withdrawn due to coronavirus pandemic
17.04.2020
LYONDELLBASELL
Covid-19 slows work on Texas PO/TBA plant / Group remains “committed” to project completion
06.04.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fracking giant Whiting Petroleum falls victim to fall in oil prices
03.04.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Elastomers: Lanxess declares force majeure in India due to Covid-19
01.04.2020
SHELL
Work on Pennsylvania shale complex suspended / Authorities fear coronoavirus risk to workers
25.03.2020
ORBIA ADVANCE
Group results down by a third / PVC production pulls down revenue and earnings
24.03.2020
ARKEMA
India sustainable castor bean project extended to 2022 / Project founders include BASF and Jayant Agro-Organics
20.03.2020
TPC
Job cuts at Texas petchem complex / Reconstruction of butadiene site will take years
19.03.2020
GLOBAL CHEMICALS ECONOMY
Output down sharply in January / Coronavirus already bites China / US plastics production up
18.03.2020
TDI
India to extend anti-dumping measures to Europe, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and UAE
10.03.2020
LOTTE
Explosion at cracker in South Korea / Many injured / Petrochemical plants shut down
05.03.2020
BASF
TDI facility in Germany to be shut down in March
02.03.2020
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