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BOROUGE
Plans for new cracker firmed up / Material for high-end applications / Asian market targeted
28.07.2005
POLYOLEFINS
Mitsui-Idemitsu merger to create Japan´s largest PP producer / EUR 1.7 bn business
13.01.2005
TVK/SLOVNAFT
Expansion continues / Focus on automotive / Stiffer polyolefins competition in the east
23.12.2004
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Plant outages at European polyolefins majors: Overview of the recent “force majeure” reports
09.12.2004
DOW
New Tarragona PE unit on stream in Q2 2006
25.11.2004
BP OLEFINS
Takeover of Solvay stake in PE joint ventures / New petrochemicals spin-off based at Chicago
11.11.2004
BASELL
“Surprising” number of potential buyers / IPO still an option / Back in the black in 2004
28.10.2004
BOREALIS
Mammoth expansion at “Borstar” PE joint venture Borouge / New PP plant in Germany?
28.10.2004
BOREALIS
Portuguese petrochemicals site sold to Repsol / Deal includes cracker and PE production units
14.10.2004
HUNTSMAN
New world-scale LDPE plant to be built at Wilton in the UK / Start-up scheduled for 2007
30.09.2004
SABIC EUROPETROCHEMICALS
Growing responsibility for polyolefins market / Production to be stepped up in Europe?
30.09.2004
BASELL
Lukoil and Sabic reportedly showing takeover interest / “Only rumours”, says spokesman
02.09.2004
BASELL
Arak Petro licenses technology for PE and PP / Tecnimont and Uhde to handle engineering
19.08.2004
DOW CHEMICAL
Petrochemical jv agreed with Oman firm / Cracker and three world-scale PE plants
19.08.2004
BASELL
BASF and Shell to exit jv / Share sale or ipo / Continued financial, strategic support for now
05.08.2004
TVK
Major expansion in polyolefins / Investment of EUR 430m / Competition for Basell jv?
24.06.2004
ON THE SUBJECT
Futures contracts as a hedging instrument
27.05.2004
BASELL
Closure of Spanish HDPE plant on the agenda?
27.05.2004
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