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INEOS
Next steps in HDPE joint venture with Sasol proceed / New 470,000 t/y facility to be ready for start up in 2015
30.07.2013
ALPEK
DAK Americas in process of closing all polyester Cape Fear operations in the US
25.06.2013
SHIN-ETSU
Plans PVC capacity expansion in US / Growing sales in emerging markets
24.06.2013
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
Tenth cracker furnace planned for Texas facility / Additional 90,000 t/y ethylene available in 2014 / US Gulf Coast petrochemicals project on track
12.06.2013
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Port Arthur, steam cracker processes ethane from shale gas / Revamp allows use of cheaper feedstocks
29.05.2013
ASCEND
UOP licenses C3 Oleflex process to Ascend in US / New plant to be built on Gulf Coast
23.05.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America April 2013: PE sideways after March rise / PP follows steep monomer dive / PVC sideways / PS crumbles on slight pressure / Engineering still subdued
13.05.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America March 2013: Producers manage to hike PE notations / January price escapade cripples PE sales as notations continue to fall / PVC drive starts to slow / PS still stable / Engineering thermoplastics continue to tread water
08.04.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America February 2013: PE moving sideways / PP contracts continue to rise despite spot market turnaround / PVC pointing upwards / PS receding again / Engineering thermoplastics mostly subdued despite cost pressure
08.03.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America January 2013: Polyethylene prices rise considerably / Polypropylene notations explode / Benzene drives styrenics higher / PVC firm / Polycarbonate prices start to wobble / All quiet on the polyamide front
07.02.2013
WESTLAKE
Technip receives engineering contract to switch Calvert City cracker to light feed
31.01.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America December 2012: Polyethylene still stable / PP tends upward / PVC and PS take a breather / January cost hikes drive producers‘ calls / Engineering thermoplastics‘ demand still poor
08.01.2013
DOW
“Olefins 2” plant in Louisiana brought back on stream / Capturing cheap shale gas feedstock
04.01.2013
POLYMER PRICES
North America November 2012: Polyethylene prices tending down / PP on the rise / PVC drive comes to a halt / Benzene pushes polystyrene up / Engineering thermoplastics stagnant despite high costs
07.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Phillips' New Jersey refinery out for several weeks in the wake of “Sandy” / PP output also affected
08.11.2012
POLYMER PRICES
North America October 2012: Polyethylene prices float sideways / PP and PVC continue to climb / PS makes another u-turn towards higher spheres / Subdued engineering thermoplastics market
07.11.2012
US FLAME RETARDANTS
Resurgence in building to drive 6% annual market growth to 2016 / Construction accounts for 38% of total demand / Auto and aerospace applications also drive gains / Freedonia report
15.10.2012
WESTLAKE
Raising US ethylene and PVC output
09.10.2012
POLYMER PRICES
North America September 2012: Polyethylene prices stagnate amid weak market / Producers raise PP prices slightly / PVC also rising / PS notations topple / Engineering thermoplastics still under pressure
08.10.2012
WESTLAKE
Lake Charles cracker expansion scheduled for Q1 2013 / Exploiting shale gas reserves
27.09.2012
POLYMER PRICES
North America August 2012: Costs continue to drive polyethylene up / Polypropylene drops amid continued stock clearance sales / PVC bobs along / PS prices race higher / Few impulses for engineering thermoplastics
07.09.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
US industry weathers Isaac / Little damage / One refinery in Alliance remains offstream
05.09.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Follow-up: Isaac downgraded to tropical storm / US government declares some part of Louisiana disaster zones / Oil refining operations about to be restarted / Flooding and electricity problems
30.08.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Follow-up: Hurricane "Isaac" approaches Louisiana / Numerous US refinery complexes shut down or operating at reduced rates
29.08.2012
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
US hurricane season kicks off / “Isaac” threatens plants across Louisiana in particular / Numerous oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated / Reminiscent of “Katrina” and “Rita”
28.08.2012
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