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CHINA
Concerns about industrial safety rising / Sinopec reportedly mulling stake in Dragon Aromatics' ill-fated PX plant / Tianjin chemical companies ordered to relocate following deadly blast
26.10.2015
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker only expected to restart in July 2016 / Outage impacts Q3 results
23.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow confirms that Tarragona cracker is offline / Repairs in progress
15.10.2015
BASF / SINOPEC
Plasticiser precursor joint venture BASF MPCC officially starts up / Feedstock for DINP
14.10.2015
DOW
Tarragona cracker may be down after propylene leak and flare-off
09.10.2015
INVISTA
Second to last remaining adipic acid plant in the US closed down / Local demand for PA 6.6 feedstock said to be insufficient
09.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF/Shell: Ellba styrene and propylene oxide plant in Moerdijk to resume operations by year's end
08.10.2015
INEOS AMERICAS
Acquisition of Axiall's aromatics businesses / Plans for further development
06.10.2015
JURONG AROMATICS
Singapore's major aromatics producer now under receivership
02.10.2015
TOTAL
Cracker in Carling to be shut down on 5 October
01.10.2015
VERSALIS
New client for Porto Marghera ethylene / Shell contract ends / Green chemistry takes a backseat
01.10.2015
KEM ONE
Work on Lavéra electrolysis membrane plant begins
28.09.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Consolidation of PTA production in South Korea / Hanwha, Lotte and Hyosung want to merge activities
24.09.2015
INEOS
Plans for new cracker in Norway? / Government declines to give bond / Excitement at Rafnes site
11.09.2015
SLOVNAFT
New LDPE line in Bratislava officially inaugurated / Output mostly earmarked for export
11.09.2015
ROSNEFT
Share in ChemChina acquired / Chinese group in turn enters into Nakhodka mega-project
10.09.2015
DEINOVE
French biotech group succeeds at producing chemical intermediate muconic acid from cellulosic material / Technology uses Deinococcus bacteria / Feedstock for caprolactam, PTA and adipic acid
10.09.2015
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Confidence maintained despite minimal output growth / Sales down 4% / Trade surplus deteriorates / Polymers output continues pointing down in June / Cefic chemicals trends report
09.09.2015
EVONIK
MMA expansion in the US shelved
02.09.2015
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Propylene: New PDH plants in Asia about to be commissioned / Wanhua reports start up / Hyosung's facility also up and running
02.09.2015
TOTAL
Three new shale gas exploration licenses purchased in the UK / En route to becoming country's second largest oil and gas producer
01.09.2015
LYONDELLBASELL
CEO Patel announces renewed ethylene and PE capacity expansions in Texas / Plans to invest USD 4 bn by 2020
28.08.2015
SHANDONG RUNXING CHEMICAL
Renewed explosion in China / Casualties and injuries at ADN and HMD producer
26.08.2015
SLOVNAFT
New LDPE line ready to go / Cracker undergoes cleaning process ahead of start-up / Logistics from Talke already in place
24.08.2015
INEOS
UK shale gas licences awarded / Aims to become country's leading player
24.08.2015
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