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RUSSIA
Slack local demand, weak exports cut resin output / Asian imports hit market / Investment slump heralds future problems
22.02.2023
ECI / REPSOL
Two major EVA plants to be built in China / Facilities likely part of large-scale complex in Qinzhou
22.02.2023
PET RECYCLING FRANCE
Loop Industries plans second French plant to chemically reclaim PET / Cooperation with Suez and SK / Huge market potential
22.02.2023
COVESTRO
EUR 200 mn chlorine plant onstream in Spain / European MDI network strengthened / Energy saving by up to 25%
16.02.2023
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION USA
Two groups plan to file lawsuit against Shell / Activists claim US plant violated pollution rules
14.02.2023
UKRAINE
War lowers packaging production / Slowdown in local resin output not surprising / Highly dependent from raw material imports / New year brings new bans on plastic bags
09.02.2023
RUSVINYL
Solvay preps sale of JV stake to partner Sibur / Output sold largely in Russia
09.02.2023
TURKEY
Death toll rising by the hour / PTA shipments from Asia affected by the earthquakes / Port of Iskenderun out of service / Köksan's PET production suspended
08.02.2023
TURKEY
Earthquakes kill over 2,000 people in Syrian border region / More casualties expected / Numerous polymer plants could be affected
06.02.2023
BRASKEM
Plans to study bio-based PP production in the US
24.01.2023
EPS RECYCLING
Collaboration aims to increase EPS/XPS recycling in France / Pilot project for sorting and processing EPS packaging waste in Germany
23.01.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Paraxylene: Still no contract agreement / Double contract for December and January likely
20.01.2023
PKN ORLEN
Takeover of LDPE ops from JV complete / Deal makes firm sole Polish producer of the resin
12.01.2023
RUSSIA
Petchem industry braces for tough times / Lack of European tech pressures ops / Shortages for some resins
09.01.2023
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Technip Energies awarded Golden Triangle furnace contract / 2 mn t/y cracker in Texas
09.01.2023
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PET, PTA: Fire closes Indorama plants in Spain
03.01.2023
OMV
Adnoc to take Mubadala's 25% stake in Austrian petchem firm / Move increases ownership in Borealis, Borouge
02.01.2023
PEARL
Arab PU, PET producer plans to expand export business to Europe, Asia
23.12.2022
KAZAKHSTAN
Chevron Phillips to provide tech for KazMunayGaz PE plant / Plans for 1.25 mn t/y with HDPE / Concerns over possible sanctions against Sibur
20.12.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Fire at Versalis' cracker in France / Downstream plants shut down
15.12.2022
EXXONMOBIL
Startup of 450,000 t/y PP plant on US Gulf Coast / Additional supply meets weak market demand
13.12.2022
RUSSIA
EU sanctions on Moscow's crude oil exports, price cap come into force / Domestic PP demand at record lows / Southeast Asian imports flood the market
06.12.2022
INEOS STYROLUTION
Deal with South Korean SK picglobal for the supply of mass-balance styrene
30.11.2022
KAZAKHSTAN
KazMunayGaz starts up 500,000 t/y PP complex / Construction of cracker, butadiene plant / PE production planned
23.11.2022
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
JV with Qatar Energy finalises plans for Texas complex / Ethane cracker and two PE plants due to start up in 2026
23.11.2022
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