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OLIN US group supplies Braskem with low-priced PVC feedstock / Brazilian firm mothballs EDC plant	19.11.2025
INEOS STYROLUTION Producer plans to shutter French polystyrene plant / ABS production remains operational	17.11.2025
POLYSTYRENE Turkey imposes anti-dumping duty on imports from six countries / Move follows July decision for BOPP levies	17.11.2025
INTERVIEW “How long European PET producers can hang on depends on how long the companies can afford to keep losing money” – Petcore president Antonello Ciotti	14.11.2025
PLASTIVERD Closure of PET plant in Spain announced / Producer cites lack of profitability	10.11.2025
LYONDELLBASELL Results deep in red due to billions in write-downs / Cracker in Germany enters extended maintenance	06.11.2025
UPDATE - REMAT MOL shuts down operations at Hungarian polyolefin recycler	05.11.2025
MOL First quantities of ‘sustainable' polyolefins launched / Construction of C3 conversion plant on schedule	04.11.2025
EGYPT Suez Canal, Anchorage Investments plan petrochemical complex in Ain Sokhna / Third major Egyptian project in the works	03.11.2025
BOREALIS Better margins for PE, olefins / Polypropylene being pressured by imports	30.10.2025
EXXONMOBIL Energy giant sues California over new climate laws / Emissions reporting requirements, disclosure of financial risks claimed to infringe free speech	30.10.2025
BRASKEM Expansion of ethanol-based C2, PE capacities in Brazil / Growth also planned in biobased product segment	29.10.2025
BOREALIS More cross-linked PE in Sweden / Two new plants / Focus on cable applications	15.10.2025
DOW CHEMICAL Explosion at US site in Freeport, Texas / Three PE lines reportedly offline, including Poly-7	09.10.2025
INDORAMA Global PET leader finds new owner for struggling Irish recycler subsidiary Wellman	02.10.2025
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE EU associations respond to shifting polymer flows amid third-party tariffs / Brussels pressed for balanced response	30.09.2025
BOREALIS Recyclate compounding starts up in Belgium	30.09.2025
HEALIX Dutch recycler attempts to save business / Production to be shut in November	26.09.2025
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos declares force majeure for polypropylene from Belgium	25.09.2025
OLIN Dissolution of EDC trading JV with Mitsui / Increased own use in PVC segment	23.09.2025
POLYSTYRENE MARKET Rise in imports makes life difficult for European producers / Almost one third of imports now come from East Asia	22.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL Reports: US giant pauses EU recycling investments / CEO complains to Trump about regs from Brussels / Fate of Texan hydrogen project still unclear	19.09.2025
EXXONMOBIL Legal battle with California escalates / AG calls chemical recycling a ‘sham' / Company pursues defamation suit	16.09.2025
SHELL Search for partners for petchem segment intensified / Division apparently burning through funds / Divestment of modern PE site in US	12.09.2025
TRADE WAR US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch	11.09.2025

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