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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP declares force majeure for ethylene from Gelsenkirchen
 		01.10.2007
EVA
Ethylene copolymer attracts increasing interest / Nearly 400,000 t/y in Europe for thermoplastic applications / Film modification and special applications / Soon to be part of PIE Polymer Prices
 		01.10.2007
COMPOSITE LUMBER / WPC
US market to reach USD 5.5 bn in 2011 / Decking applications drive 10% per year growth
 		28.09.2007
BIOPOLYMERS
Confusion among consumers / Careful introduction needed to maximise environmental benefits
 		27.09.2007
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Escalating costs bring end to Ineos ethane cracker project / Plans to build PVC facility and ethylene pipeline to Marl also scrapped
 		20.09.2007
PVC MARKET
Global capacity at least 44m t/y by 2011 / Future expansion almost exclusively in Asia / China on the way to self-sufficiency / Asian producers under pressure to export / Further consolidation in Europe
 		17.09.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos lifts FM on Grangemouth ethylene
 		11.09.2007
CHINA
Anti-dumping duty levied on BPA imports
 		11.09.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos removes force majeure on LDPE from Cologne
 		30.08.2007
OMAN
Sohar petrochemical complex on ice indefinitely / Delay could ease an expected ethylene glut
 		21.08.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Explosion at Russian PVC manufacturer Sayanskkhimplast kills four workers
 		17.08.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos: Grangemouth G4 cracker back in operation / Force majeure initially lifted for butadiene
 		07.08.2007
COMPOSITES MARKET
World consumption in 2010 over 9m t
 		02.08.2007
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: Caprolactam facility in Antwerp running at reduced output / No force majeure at present
 		30.07.2007
BASF
Follow-up: Partial restart of benzene plant after blaze
 		27.07.2007
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