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POLYMER PRICES
Standard thermoplastics in November 2008: Polyolefins slump dramatically / Sharp declines drop notations into the triple-digit range / PVC sees more moderate setback / Will monomer crash trigger a further nosedive?
 		03.12.2008
POLYMER PRICES
PET November 2008: Downslide in prices slows / Slump may be bottoming out / Demand slightly improved / China and Asia on the way to stability / Recycling market dangerously shaky
 		03.12.2008
BASE PETROCHEMICALS / AROMATICS / FEEDSTOCKS
November 2008
 		03.12.2008
POLYMER PRICES
Polyurethane feedstocks in November 2008: TDI suffers the steepest fall / Improved supply combined with predominantly weak demand hits nearly all notations / Further softening likely
 		26.11.2008
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend November 2008: Prices continue to plunge / PE notations fall heavily again / PP and PVC decline more moderately / Styrenics pay the price for SM crash / No end to pressure
 		14.11.2008
BASF
Sharp cut in price of PS following drop in raw material costs
 		07.11.2008
INEOS NOVA
PS prices to be reduced
 		06.11.2008
POLYMER PRICES
Engineering thermoplastics in October 2008: Price movements paralysed by order cancellations / Automotive segment applies the brakes / C3-linked PP declines / Supply good / Softer prices likely despite production cutbacks
 		06.11.2008
POLYMER PRICES
Styrene monomer: November contracts plummet after benzene "implosion" / Uncertainty in the downstream markets
 		06.11.2008
IMERYS
Prices increases for kaolin and calcined clays
 		06.11.2008
POLYMER PRICES
Standard thermoplastics in October 2008: Notations in free fall / PE collapses / Demand weak overall / Many production cutbacks / Market seeks the bottom of the spiral / Benzene “implosion” unravels styrene chain
 		05.11.2008
POLYMER PRICES
PET October 2008: Downward plunge accelerates as demand collapses / Overcapacities persist despite massive cutbacks / Feedstocks also move down sharply / No light at the end of the tunnel for now
 		05.11.2008
BASE PETROCHEMICALS / AROMATICS / FEEDSTOCKS
October 2008
 		05.11.2008
POLYMER PRICES
Polyurethane feedstocks in October 2008: Surprisedly sharp downturn / Dramatic demand setback for MDI and TDI / Mostly a rollover for polyols
 		20.10.2008
TRONOX
Price hike for TiO2 grades in Europe and Russia
 		20.10.2008
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