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BENVIC
Luxembourg's ICIG buys PVC compounder
23.11.2022
RUSSIA
Drop in Chinese imports worries Russian firms / Russia-Turkey trade perks up / Crises in related industries hinders domestic production
21.11.2022
ADNOC
Plans for UAE petchem complex now include cracker, polyolefin plants
16.11.2022
POLYPROPYLENE
China's Heilongjiang Zhongfei plans capacity of 600,000 t/y / PDH unit to drive imports of Russian C3
14.11.2022
CORRECTION - POLYPROPYLENE
China to become a net exporter in two to three years / Borealis to not build plant in Belgium
10.11.2022
MERAXIS / CLICKPLASTICS
Cooperation in digital sales / Focus initially on Austria and other selected markets
09.11.2022
INEOS
Letter of intent for German pyrolysis plant for plastics waste / Tests with partner Plastic Energy complete
04.11.2022
BELARUS
Ukraine war slams refining industry / Uncertainty for major resin plants / Information blackout since February
31.10.2022
INDORAMA
PET recycling plant opens in Philippines / Partnership with Coca-Cola unit / Investment of over EUR 39 mn
28.10.2022
ASCHEM
K 2022: Expansion of polystyrene capacity in Turkey / Additional volumes for European exports
25.10.2022
CHINA
Massive VCM capacity expansions coming online up to 2025
24.10.2022
INEOS
Polyolefin giant spends millions converting Antwerp facility
24.10.2022
PVC INDUSTRY
Converters hard hit by high prices, supply chain problems / Sector worst affected by forces majeures / Ccurrent utilisation rates in Europe only at about 76%
20.10.2022
BOROUGE
LDPE plant out since Q2 to be back up by year-end – source
20.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PET: Indorama declares force majeure at Dutch site / Cheap imports could cause further plant shutdowns
18.10.2022
REPSOL
Spanish energy giant takes stake in recycling collaboration partner
17.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: TotalEnergies declares force majeure on Belgian outages / CGT trade union wants to extend French strike / End of the downward price spiral expected
14.10.2022
RUSSIA
EU sanctions on feedstocks, resins slash Russian production / Industry source says half of methanol capacity offline / Logistics issues, discounts slow exports to Asia
13.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins, polystyrene: TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil under heavy pressure / Tentative attempts at a rapprochement in France / Supply disruptions looming
11.10.2022
PLASTICS PRODUCTION
Resin makers struggle with shrinking margins / PVC producers still comfortable / Styrenics under severe pressure
04.10.2022
LYONDELLBASELL
Lupotech process licensed to PKN Orlen / New 250,000 t/y LDPE plant
04.10.2022
LYONDELLBASELL
French cracker to first restart in early 2023
29.09.2022
SABIC
Nexlene JV to expand polyolefin materials plant in South Korea
28.09.2022
CORRECTION - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: Just a fire drill at French TotalEnergies site / Polymerisation still down
19.09.2022
RUSSIA
Low demand slows polyolefin output / Lack of Western tech hurts resin makers / Price caps coming?
19.09.2022
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