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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
HIP Petrohemija restarts production / Naphtha supplier NIS converts debts into shares
 		02.10.2009
FLAME RETARDANTS
New Freedonia study predicts 2.7% annual growth in US market / Increases to be driven by construction
 		01.10.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total: Ethylene ignites in Gonfreville / LDPE plant at a standstill / Group launches inspection of 13 sites in France
 		30.09.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP RP forced to idle “olefin cracker 4”
 		30.09.2009
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
European plastics producers added to EU “carbon leakage” list / Free emissions trading allowances
 		25.09.2009
BIOPLASTICS
SPI Bioplastics Council expects market to grow by 17.3% annually / Digital guide on bioplastics industry
 		25.09.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos' Lavera cracker resumes operation
 		23.09.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
FM for PVC at Ineos ChlorVinyls in place until October / Rafnes maintenance is going ahead
 		18.09.2009
INEOS NOVA
Polystyrene production at Breda to cease by end 2009 / “Significant overcapacity in European PS business”
 		17.09.2009
PET MARKET
EC initiates anti-subsidy proceedings / Imports from Iran, Pakistan and UAE under investigation
 		11.09.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos cracker in Lavéra shut down after steam leak / Arkema announces force majeure for VCM and PVC / PP and PE also affected
 		09.09.2009
COMMODITY MARKETS
Qatar: Ras Laffan megacracker about to come on stream / Qatofin's LLDPE plant in Mesaieed to start operating soon
 		09.09.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF declares FM for PA 6.6 chain products
 		31.08.2009
PLASTIC PACKAGING ADDITIVES
Market continues decline until 2010 / PP and PE additives offer best growth opportunities
 		26.08.2009
POLYPROPYLENE
Global capacity utilisation to fall to 80% by 2012 / Consumption to increase slowly / Townsend report
 		24.08.2009
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