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DOW
Takeover of Univation Technologies complete / Leading technology licensor to global PE industry
12.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Versalis lifts FM for PE from Dunkirk
06.05.2015
EUROPEAN POLYETHYLENE MARKET
Structural changes becoming painfully visible / Consolidations cut down European production / Weak euro makes imports unaffordable / Customs duties provide an additional damper / Plastics converters pay the bill
05.05.2015
YUNNAN YUNTIANHUA PETROCHEMICAL
Building new PP production facility in Yunnan / “Unipol” license from W.R. Grace
04.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total announces force majeure for polypropylene due to shortage of C3 in Antwerp / Allocation quotas uncertain
29.04.2015
SOCAR
Innovene S HDPE process for Azerbaijan plant / Ineos licence
27.04.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total declares force majeure for HDPE from Gonfreville
09.04.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lukoil resumes production at Stavrolen cracker in the Caucasus
08.04.2015
BRASKEM IDESA
Mexico plants to start shipping PE to Europe in early 2016
02.04.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for PE swing plant in Gelsenkirchen / European supply situation increasingly tight
30.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Borealis announces force majeure for PP from Belgium
27.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for HDPE from Münchsmünster
25.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Borealis declares force majeure for PE and PP from Schwechat
18.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Versalis declares force majeure for LD and LLDPE from Dunkirk
16.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polychim declares force majeure for PP from Dunkirk
11.03.2015
MANGALORE REFINERY & PETROCHEMICALS
New PP line brought on stream / Output accounts for 10% of total Indian polypropylene capacities
03.03.2015
POLYPROPYLENE
Versatile material continues to see global growth / Consumption doubled since 2000 / Propane gains importance for propylene production as a result of ethylene decoupling / Availability likely to remain good
02.03.2015
SADARA
Jubail polyeythelene mega-project on schedule / Large-scale cracker and PE lines to be commissioned this year
23.02.2015
GUEST EDITORIAL
Sergey Komyshan, Head of Sibur's Basic Polymers Division: The rouble depreciation – Long-term polymer price contracts offer shelter
19.02.2015
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
New pilot plant in Oklahoma will produce advanced bimodal PE resins
12.02.2015
BOREALIS
PP compound capacity expansion in Brazil starts up
12.02.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
India's Haldia restarts its cracker and downstream units / Oil price slide alleviates financial woes
09.02.2015
EDITORIAL
Why a polyolefin order stop doesn't necessarily imply scarcity
06.02.2015
SASOL
US-based upstream plans shelved for now / Commitment to ethane cracker and PE lines reconfirmed
30.01.2015
KARPATNEFTEKHIM
Reports allege that Ukrainian Lukoil subsidiary could resume PE, PVC production in spring / Ongoing feuds likely to constitute an obstacle
29.01.2015
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