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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Outage of Celanese's acetic-acid plant in the US / Europe dependent on imports
05.02.2021
UFAORGSINTEZ
Explosion and major fire at Russian refinery / One casualty / Negative impact on tight local PE and PP supply?
29.01.2021
EPDM
Chinese tariffs on imports from EU, US, South Korea
26.01.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
European plastics processors alarmed by forces majeures / EuPC and French umbrella organisation Polyvia reminded of 2015 / German engineering plastics converters see signs of bottlenecks
21.01.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Borealis' cracker in Sweden back online after eight months
20.01.2021
SASOL
Sale of PE producer Gemini to Ineos completed
14.01.2021
LUMMUS
US firm to supply ethylene crackers to massive Baltic coast PE complex
13.01.2021
LYONDELLBASELL
JV with Sasol starts in US / Ethylene and polyethylene production in Louisiana
15.12.2020
FORMOSA PLASTICS
Work on US “Sunshine Project” suspended due to coronavirus / Petrochemical and plastics complex still faces lawsuits
15.12.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic extends force majeure for LDPE indefinitely / Raw-material shortage in Wilton
14.12.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Full shutdown of Saudi Arabian olefin complex in Al Jubail / Prices react to outage
04.12.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Total declares force majeure on material from France
02.12.2020
INEOS / SASOL
Ineos to take 100% of Gemini HDPE joint venture for USD 404m
01.12.2020
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for LDPE / Failure of autoclave line in Cologne-Worringen
20.11.2020
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Ethylene, propylene: Borealis declares force majeure for cracker products from Porvoo
18.11.2020
PCC
Coronavirus delays EUR 500m project near Cologne / Ethylene oxide plant for surfactants and polyols
17.11.2020
LDPE
Indian dumping probe into imports from US and Asia could impact Europe
09.11.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for LDPE deliveries from UK
04.11.2020
CELANESE
Expansion of US production of UHMW-PE / Electric vehicles drive demand
29.10.2020
DOW
Group to slim down even more / Fewer investments / Sale of tank farms and railway lines
23.10.2020
LUKOIL
License for new PP line in Bulgaria
23.10.2020
REPSOL
Technology licence secured for UHMWPE plant / Investment decision in 2022 / Collaboration with Armando Alvarez for flexible packaging with recycled content
22.10.2020
SASOL
Follow-up: Future European polyolefin distribution by LyondellBasell / Hardly any South African grades
14.10.2020
SASOL
Half of new US cracker sold to LyondellBasell / Polymer sales in Europe could be affected
07.10.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total extends FM for European PP
02.10.2020
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