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INEOS
PVC production in Wales to cease after second quarter / Reaction to “steadily declining market”
25.02.2010
ITALY
Last chance to save Italian vinyls production? / Eni and Qatar's Ramco sign preliminary deal
25.02.2010
RUSSIA
Improvement in polymers market expected in 2010 / Shrinking domestic demand in 2009 has players looking abroad / PVC producers bracing for higher costs / State support for new petrochemical projects
15.02.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
EPA eyes action on phthalates and other chemicals / ACC disputes endocrine effects
11.01.2010
OLTCHIM
Agreement finally reached on Petrom's petrochemical activities / Minority shareholders sceptical
05.01.2010
ANHUI HWASU
Arkema technology selected for gigantic China PVC project
21.12.2009
ITALY
Vinyls Italia plants fail to restart / Chlorine chemistry has no future in Italy, says Eni chief
18.12.2009
ITALY
Vinyls Italia plants back up by Christmas? / Eni agrees feedstock supply / New bidders
18.11.2009
RUSVINYL
PVC project to go ahead / Start-up postponed until 2013
17.11.2009
ARKEMA
30,000 t/y PVC unit to be shut down at Balan / France
10.11.2009
PETKIM
JV with NPC to build S-PVC plant in Iran
04.11.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema to end FM for PVC this week
02.11.2009
ITALY
Progress mooted in petrochemicals revival / Vinyls units at Porto Torres, Porto Marghera, may restart
27.10.2009
NOVAKY
Slovak vinyls specialist seeks protection from creditors
14.10.2009
PVC MARKET
CMAI sees return to growth after slump in 2008 and 2009 / China will benefit / Oversupply of 4m t
13.10.2009
INEOS COMPOUNDS
Consolidation of production / Closures and relocations in France and UK
12.10.2009
PVC
China extends antidumping tolls on PVC imports from Japan, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan and the US
12.10.2009
PVC COMPOUNDING
Economic slump sparks further consolidation in European PVC industry / Leading compounders are also raw material producers / 1.6m t of PVC compounds on the market / AMI report on Europe's top 50 players
08.10.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos ChlorVinyls lifts FM for VCM and PVC
06.10.2009
OLTCHIM
Plans for state support call EU controllers into action / Do the terms comply with market conditions?
23.09.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
FM for PVC at Ineos ChlorVinyls in place until October / Rafnes maintenance is going ahead
18.09.2009
ARKEMA
Definitive go-ahead for vinyl copolymer closures at Saint Auban / Plans call for 88 redundancies
18.09.2009
SHIN-ETSU
Takeover of Portuguese PVC producer Cires / Japanese giant will have 3.7m t of capacity
19.08.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
FM for PVC remains as Ineos tries again to restart Rafnes VCM / Shortfall could last into September
12.08.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
SolVin lifts FM for S-PVC from Rheinberg
06.08.2009
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