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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire leads PPG Industries to declare force majeure for VCM from Louisiana
 		03.01.2013
ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
Balance of worldwide capacity has shifted to Asia / Polyamide is a rare exception / European market holds up relatively well / Massive expansion in China likely to continue
 		02.01.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Anti-fracking movement has mounted effective campaign, study says / Technology also is credited with progress
 		02.01.2013
POLYMER DISTRIBUTION EUROPE
Distributors increase marketshare to 11% in 2011 / Sector continues to grow in importance / Top 10 groups account for half of pan-European distribution
 		02.01.2013
STANDARD THERMOPLASTICS
Global capacities exceed 252m t/y / PET output spearheads expansions in 2012 / More than half of global output found in Asia / China will continue to extend its lead in the coming years / Sabic still slightly ahead of Sinopec
 		21.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Iran commissions first stretch of ethylene pipeline / Massive Kavian cracker complex starts up in Assaluyeh
 		20.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
UK ends fracking moratorium / Controls on seismic activity / Environmentalists sceptical
 		18.12.2012
SOUTH KOREA
Petrochemicals capacity to rise by about 6m t/y to 2016 / Expansions expected in olefins and aromatics segments
 		14.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell lifts force majeure in Moerdijk
 		11.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
UK government creates new office to drive shale gas exploitation / End of exploration ban in sight?
 		11.12.2012
POLYURETHANE FOAMS
GM joins claimants in massive US price fixing case
 		10.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Imminent consolidation of European HDPE production / Rising global competition
 		05.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol reportedly idles Portuguese cracker for “market reasons”
 		05.12.2012
ARGENTINA
Petrochemicals capacity to remain flat to 2016, GlobalData reports / Dow upgrades Bahia Blanca PE operations
 		04.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Force majeure for styrene from Shell's Moerdijk plant remains in place
 		30.11.2012
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