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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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: Borealis reports slight restrictions at German site
15.09.2022
RECYCLING EUROPE
Money tight as orders dissipate / Companies shutter plants / Pressure from waste side
12.09.2022
POLYOLEFINS
Resin producers want to retain part of decreased raw materials costs / LyondellBasell plans “fair” energy surcharge to slow down polymer price drop / More reports of shutdowns
08.09.2022
LUKOIL
Top Russian oil company official dies under mysterious circumstances / Critic of war in Ukraine
07.09.2022
SIRMAX
Plans for more US compounding, new plant / Expansion of production to TPE
06.09.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Dow to throttle production / Resin maker blames move on logistics, low European demand / Little impact expected in Europe
25.08.2022
RUSSIA
EU imports of Russian polyolefins surge in H1 / Increased purchasing on embargo fears / Exports outside Europe plummet
23.08.2022
STAVIAN QUANG YEN PETROCHEMICAL
MoU for PP mega project in Vietnam / USD 1.5 bn investment
22.08.2022
SLOVNAFT
Slovakian petchem firm completes ambitious revamp / PP expansion to go onstream in 2024
10.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: LyondellBasell declares force majeure in France after blaze
05.08.2022
OMV
Q2 sales, profit soar on gas prices / Plastics margins back to normal / Lower sales volumes expected for PE, PP / Schwechat refinery to be onstream by October
05.08.2022
BOROUGE
Dividend confirmed on strong H1 results / Unplanned shutdown of LDPE unit in Abu Dhabi likely to continue
04.08.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LLDPE: Nova Chemicals declares force majeure for Canadian plant / Move unlikely to affect Europe
27.07.2022
INEOS
Millions to be spent on production technology for recyclable, mono-material films
27.07.2022
PKN ORLEN
Polish chemical group to acquire LDPE production from joint venture with LyondellBasell
22.07.2022
MALAYSIA
First PE line of the Rapid project is running again / On-spec generation not expected until 2023
22.07.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Third outage at TotalEnergies / Force majeure declared in France for lack of ethylene
18.07.2022
PETROCHEMICALS ITALY
Union leader Pirani praises, blasts Versalis strategy / Says future of basic chemicals “uncertain”
15.07.2022
ADVANCED POLYOLEFINS
Saudi company secure financing for future C3/PP facilities / Construction likely to be delayed
12.07.2022
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