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PLASTICS AND HEALTH
Tests indicate BPS no less harmful than BPA / Latest studies say both are endocrine disruptors / Disputed claim said to show that all plastics are capable of leaching
17.02.2016
SHALE GAS
Ineos still bullish on shale despite falling prices / Plans to begin test drills this year / UK may override local planning authorities / Cuadrilla appeal to be heard in March
08.02.2016
AXIALL
Board summarily rejects latest Westlake takeover proposal / Shareholders addressed in open letter
03.02.2016
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Ethylene: Price battles over feedstocks / Saudi Arabia lifts ethane prices to US level / Iran replies with significant reductions / Gap to naphtha base has narrowed
25.01.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
Large PE hub starts up in Mexico / HDPE and LDPE exports could commence in March
15.01.2016
CHINA
Lower import duties for key petrochemical feedstocks and polymers
12.01.2016
INDORAMA
Agreement to acquire BP's PX and PTA complex in Decatur / Backward integration into PET
08.01.2016
SHALE GAS
Dow/YPF joint venture will triple shale gas output in Argentina / “Extraordinary results” from drilling
07.01.2016
SHALE GAS
Fracking yes, but get it right, UK task force says / Incentives can sweeten the pill for communities
04.01.2016
AXIALL / LOTTE
Plans for US ethane-based cracker receive definite go-ahead / Lake Charles plant to start up in 2019
04.01.2016
SHELL
Moerdijk cracker restarted / Lengthy SM/PO repair works finally completed / Singapore-based cracker down / Preparing for expansions in China and the US
23.12.2015
INEOS
21 new shale gas licenses acquired in the UK / Now country's “leading shale gas company”
23.12.2015
DOW
Large Texas propylene line begins commercial operations / Propane dehydrogenation using shale gas as feedstock
22.12.2015
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015
Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were
11.12.2015
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
ECHA committees favour restricting BPA-containing cash register receipts / Debate over French plans for ban / Opinions sent to EU Commission for decision
11.12.2015
POLYNT
Carbon fibre-reinforced SMC production begins in Germany / Maleic acid anhydride capacity raised
10.12.2015
DOW
US chemicals giant said to be in talks with DuPont over potential merge / Combination would create company worth USD 120 bn / Plans for three-way split of activities / Response to shareholder pressure?
09.12.2015
ARAB GULF STATES
Positive outlook for GCC chemicals / Saudi Arabia offers opportunities to downstream investors / New petrochemical projects temporarily halted / Exports to China continue to grow
08.12.2015
COVESTRO
MDI line in Tarragona to be shuttered / “Non-competitive production cost”
08.12.2015
SHELL
Huge alpha olefins plant to go up in Geismar / Largest global site for LLDPE co-monomers
03.12.2015
UK
Are the energy prices for chlorine production in Runcorn falling? / Potential exemption from climate tax
02.12.2015
BP
Alabama PTA business put up for sale / Company restructures to remain competitive / Upgrades underway in Belgium and US
23.11.2015
CELANESE
Entry into PEEK compounding market / Base polymer from Solvay? / Acetic acid and VAM output to be widened at Clear Lake site
20.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Shell restarts Wesseling cracker
18.11.2015
MOL
New butadiene plant at TVK inaugurated / Feedstock for rubber jv / LDPE start-up in 2016?
16.11.2015
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