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SAUDI ARAMCO
Subsidiary S-Oil conducts feasibility study for cracker complex in South Korea / Investment of more than USD 4 bn
27.08.2018
KURARAY
Thai joint venture formed with PTT Global Chemical and Sumitomo / Production of PA 9T and HSBC expected post-2021
24.08.2018
NESTE
Partners for plastics recycling project announced / Test plant to start in 2019 / "Game-changing" technology
22.08.2018
PTT
Thai group forward integrates into PTA and PET / Majority shares in SCG and Mitsui
15.08.2018
INVISTA
Plans for ADN plant in China / Asian demand for PA 6.6. feedstock exceeds availability
14.08.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6: BASF's HMD plant in UK up and running again / Force majeure continues
13.08.2018
BASF
Dry summer slows down transport on Germany's Rhine river / Restrictions at facilities
13.08.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Styrene: Covestro declares force majeure on supply from its joint venture in the Netherlands
08.08.2018
BIOAMBER
Canadian renewable feedstocks producer seeks court approval for liquidation / Talks continue with potential investors
06.08.2018
NESTE
Finnish oil company seeks partners to develop waste plastics as feedstock
01.08.2018
EXXONMOBIL
Operations started at new cracker in Texas
30.07.2018
LG CHEM
Large-scale expansion of ethylene and metallocene-catalysed PE in South Korea
26.07.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PET: JBF lifts FM in Belgium / BP's PTA facilities delivering again / Shortage to continue into summer
19.07.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PTA: Fire at Alpek's site in Mexico shuts down plant for PET precursor
17.07.2018
BRASKEM
Majority acquisition by LyondellBasell probable / Uncertain destiny of Petrobras' shares
12.07.2018
BASF
Second China “Verbund” site planned for Guangdong / Company's third largest globally
12.07.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Refinery and PP production start up in Vietnam / Chandra Asri plans new polyolefin complex in Indonesia
11.07.2018
IKEA / NESTE
Polyolefins from bio-naphtha / Commercial-scale pilot plant to start-up in autumn
10.07.2018
STYRENE
China's anti-dumping duties to change SM import structure / Global trade flow could shift to Asian transit countries
03.07.2018
ARKEMA / KEM ONE
Follow-up: Strike in Saint-Auban postponed / Precarious supply situation at Kem One
02.07.2018
BASF
Installation of new phosgene reactor at Ludwigshafen complete / TDI production will restart soon
27.06.2018
ARKEMA
Strike paralyses production in France / PVC production at Kem One also affected
26.06.2018
STYRENE
Sharp rise in price volatility since 2015 / Market turmoil batters traditional trade structures / New Chinese capacities loom / Europe's importance shrinks
22.06.2018
INTERVIEW
“Enormous competitive advantage” through the use of shale gas / Steve Harrington, head of Ineos Styrolution's styrene business, talks about expansion plans and prospects for the industry
22.06.2018
SHALE GAS
Ineos loses Scottish fracking challenge / Horizon in England, US brighter
22.06.2018
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