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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Poland's Anwil declares FM for PVC after lightning strike / Customers on allocation / Spolana hit by ethylene shortfall at Unipetrol / Cracker up and running again
28.07.2015
KEM ONE
EU competition authorities approve the takeover of the downstream activities by OpenGate investor
20.07.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Eco-profile of Europe's PVC production improves / PlasticsEurope study
16.07.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Vestolit lifts force majeure
16.07.2015
HANWHA
Blast at PVC plant leaves six workers dead / Investigation underway
07.07.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Kem One to resume VCM production this week / PVC to follow “shortly afterwards”
24.06.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Kem One FM remains in place / Still no C2 deliveries from Lavéra
15.06.2015
INEOS / SOLVAY
European Commission clears creation of Inovyn / Governance of chlorvinyls joint venture to be shared
10.06.2015
VESTOLIT
Additional E-PVC line under construction in Marl
02.06.2015
KEM ONE
VCM and PVC chain unlikely to restart before early July “at best” / Update on FM in Lavera
01.06.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Mexichem subsidiary Vestolit declares force majeure for deliveries from Marl
26.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
European polyolefin supply lengthening / PVC procurement increasingly critical
22.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC profile manufacturers question legitimacy of FMs / Shortages threaten SMEs' livelihood
21.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos removes FM for PVC from Wilhelmshaven / Plant now operating normally
20.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Kem One declares force majeure for PVC / Fire at Napthachimie's Lavéra cracker cuts feedstock flow / Unclear if Ineos HDPE plant is affected
19.05.2015
PVC RECYCLING
VinylPlus initiative collects more than 480,000 t of PVC waste in 2014 / Recovinyl accounts for largest share / Additives remain a problem / New “RecoMed” research project launched
14.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Vinnolit announces force majeure for S-PVC from Knapsack / Germany
13.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for PVC from Wilhelmshaven
23.04.2015
VESTOLIT
PVC output from Marl restricted / Curtailed ethylene supply from Gelsenkirchen
01.04.2015
INEOS / SOLVAY
Last hurdle to Inovyn jv mounted / Remedy business to be divested to ICIG industrial holding
20.03.2015
KARPATNEFTEKHIM
Reports allege that Ukrainian Lukoil subsidiary could resume PE, PVC production in spring / Ongoing feuds likely to constitute an obstacle
29.01.2015
NAVOIYAZOT
Uzbek company partners with China's CAMC for PVC, caustic soda hub / Latest attempt at realising plans dating back to 2006
09.01.2015
MEXICHEM
Authorities give green light for Vestolit takeover / Larger European footprint
18.11.2014
GERMAN PVC MARKET
Building products are most dominant application / Recycling quota reaches nearly 100% / Consultic study
03.11.2014
KEM ONE
EU investigates French state subsidies for PVC manufacturer / Doubts about compatibility with restructuring plans
10.10.2014
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