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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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylen Pipeline Süd held up by south German property owners / State prepares for expropriation
 		21.08.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for propylene from Moerdijk / C3 supplies tightening further
 		17.08.2009
WPC / PLASTIC LUMBER
US market to reach USD 5.3 bn in 2013 / WPC expected to grow at 10.5% per year
 		13.08.2009
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