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Fire takes out IRPC's propylene cracker in Rayong / Production of PP compounds may be affected
11.06.2014
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
EU chemicals output continues to rise in Q1 despite petrochemicals decline / Polymers production grows by 1.3% in March / Cefic data
10.06.2014
BIOFIELDS
Mexican group appoints Helm as exclusive distributor of its castor oil / Feedstock for long-chained bio-polyamides
10.06.2014
DOW CHEMICAL
North America's shale gas advantage will not evaporate soon, Liveris says / European companies must import or quit markets / CEO defends his integrated production strategy
06.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lukoil's Caucasus-based Stavrolen subsidiary resumes PP production / Third-party propylene / Feedstock output due to start up next year
05.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell's SM/PO plant in Moerdijk rocked by explosion and blaze / Two workers suffer minor burns / Cause still unclear
04.06.2014
CHINA
Anti-dumping duties on adipic acid from EU, US and South Korea set to expire in November / Ministry of Commerce calls on local companies for statements about possible extension
03.06.2014
KOCH INDUSTRIES
Acquisition of PetroLogistics for USD 2.1 bn / World's largest PDH plant processes shale gas
03.06.2014
SHALE GAS UK
“Reasonable” estimate sees 4.4 bn barrels of shale oil under southern England / Geological survey finds no significant gas potential / New financial incentives for local communities
02.06.2014
HONEYWELL
“Oleflex” technology selected for China propylene project
02.06.2014
OMV
Butadiene expansion in Austria brought on stream
23.05.2014
BOREALIS
Borouge 3 mega facility in Emirates ready for start-up / HDPE in Burghausen set to go offline in October
20.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lucite lifts force majeure on MMA in UK
20.05.2014
VERDEZYNE
Pilot production for PA 6.12 feedstock successful / US company plans commercial plant in Malaysia
14.05.2014
BASF
New 40,000 t/y neopentylglycol plant with Sinopec at Nanjing / Meeting demand from Asian customers
09.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lucite declares force majeure for MMA from Cassel
06.05.2014
SINOPEC
Ethylene projects shelved or delayed in response to pressure from cheap US shale gas / Projects with more than 4m t of C2 hanging in the air / Increasingly exploring options for coal-to-olefins
01.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience declares force majeure for MDI in EMEA
30.04.2014
SHINTECH
Environmental permit sought for new cracker in Louisiana / Captive use for PVC
28.04.2014
SHALE GAS
German anti-fracking groups mobilise against Baltic coast test drilling / US study finds Environmental Protection Agency underestimated methane emissions from gas fields
22.04.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF temporarily shuts down its Ludwigshafen cracker
11.04.2014
BASF / SINOPEC
Nanjing-based BASF-YPC joint venture commences acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers production
11.04.2014
BRASKEM
Ethane feedstock agreement for Ascent cracker and PE project in USA
08.04.2014
DOW
Start-up of new chlor-alkali joint venture in Texas / Facility replaces older unit
04.04.2014
KEM ONE
Converting mercury chlorine and caustic soda electrolysis at French site in Lavéra / State partially funds switch to bipolar membrane technology
04.04.2014
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