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INEOS
Possible sale of two HDPE plants / Increased focus on integrated assets
11.05.2012
HPCL-MITTAL
Guru Gobind Singh refinery and PP plant officially commissioned
09.05.2012
ADVANCED
Saudi group sets up joint venture with Turkey's Bayegan / Integrated PP plant to go on stream in Turkey in 2015
09.05.2012
DATONG COAL MINE
Construction works for mega petrochemical project kick off / Manufacturing PE, PP and POM from coal
08.05.2012
BOREALIS
Follow-up: LDPE line in Stenungsund being started up
23.03.2012
SHENHUA
Ineos license for PP plant in Yulin City / Methanol-to-olefins complex starts to take shape
23.03.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Technical glitch takes out Borealis' LDPE line in Sweden
15.03.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for LDPE and LLDPE from Cologne
09.03.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Serbia's HIP Petrohemija lifts FM for Pancevo / Site currently in maintenance turnaround
07.03.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total declares FM for HDPE from Gonfreville
02.03.2012
HPCL-MITTAL
Start-up of large-scale Indian PP plant imminent
22.02.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Follow-up: Force majeure for “Lupolen” LDPE grades from Wesseling / Latest victim of January explosion
20.02.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Cold spell forces Serbia's HIP to declare force majeure
10.02.2012
PETKIM
Turkey puts its stake in country's largest petrochemical producer up for sale / Construction of new mega-refinery reportedly continues apace
09.02.2012
LYONDELLBASELL
“Hostalen” ACP process licensed to China / Start-up of new HDPE plant in 2014
31.01.2012
LOTTE
Asian Development Bank supports Honam Petrochemical's polyolefin project in Uzbekistan / Start-up scheduled for 2015
30.01.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for certain “Purell” PE grades from Wesseling
24.01.2012
SINOPEC
New PP unit commissioned at relocated refinery in south China
11.01.2012
DSM DYNEEMA
Swiss UHMW-PE tape production plant to close up shop
04.01.2012
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Key points of North American ethane cracker feasibility study completed / Final decision for downstream PE units to come in early 2012
19.12.2011
QATAR
Follow-up: Shell and Qatar Petroleum ink deal on scope of proposed Ras Laffan petrochemical hub / Output to go towards growing Asian markets
16.12.2011
BRASKEM
New agreement signed with Petroperu to build PE complex in Peru
29.11.2011
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
No PE force majeure at Polimeri Europa / Explosion takes out cracker and downstream units
01.11.2011
POLIMERI EUROPA
Realignment towards higher-value products / Plans to invest EUR 1.6 bn up to 2016 / Huge reconstruction in Sicily
20.10.2011
SINOPEC
Work begins on polyolefins complex in Guizhou
10.10.2011
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