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PLASTICS ECONOMY
Number of global joint ventures on the rise / Most activity focused in Asia, followed by Middle East / Jv formation follows global consumption patterns and cheap feedstock trends / Latest GlobalData report
 		16.02.2012
IRAN
Oil minister reportedly bans foreign companies from developing Iranian petrochemical projects / Likely retaliation against EU sanctions
 		14.02.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Cold spell forces Serbia's HIP to declare force majeure
 		10.02.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
SolVin declares force majeure for PVC from France and Belgium
 		09.02.2012
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Resurgence in US construction sector improves demand / Market to reach USD 5.4 bn in 2015 / Decking continues to be leading product / Growth in other areas / Freedonia report
 		08.02.2012
CHINA
New EUR 9.6 bn refinery complex deal inked in Qatar / No start-up date / Around 1.2m t/y of ethylene
 		31.01.2012
BRAZIL
Chemicals trade group calls for investments to stem rising imports / Trade deficit reached record levels in 2011
 		30.01.2012
IRAN
EU petrochemical embargo to take effect in May / Iran threatens to cease oil exports
 		30.01.2012
HDPE
China accounted for almost one third of global demand in 2011 / Middle East has become world's third-largest production region / Emergence of bimodal resins allows for higher-value applications / Latest GlobalData report
 		27.01.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for certain “Purell” PE grades from Wesseling
 		24.01.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Explosion takes out LyondellBasell LDPE line in Wesseling
 		23.01.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Styrolution's ABS and SAN production in Ludwigshafen almost back to normal / FM remains in place for now
 		19.01.2012
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Optimism at recent “Fourth German WPC” congress / Double-digit growth rates / US still world's largest WPC producer / China set to dominate the global market by 2015
 		18.01.2012
VINYL ACETATE
European Commission lifts provisional anti-dumping duties on North American VAM imports / Releases all funds secured so far
 		18.01.2012
IRAN
Possible implications of an oil embargo / Plastics sector should brace for rising oil prices
 		17.01.2012
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