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USA
Petrochemical industry recovering from Hurricane Delta / First plants restart / Forces majeures still in effect
19.10.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Covestro declares force majeure from Dormagen / BASF outage ongoing
15.10.2020
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Kem One and Shin-Etsu declare forces majeures / Supply tightness takes on dramatic forms
14.10.2020
USA
Hurricane Delta bears down on Louisiana coast / Further damage could extend regional shutdowns
09.10.2020
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA
Plastic products 8th largest sector of US industry / 2020 shipments forecast lower / Save Our Seas bill passes lower house
08.10.2020
POLYURETHANE MARKET
EMEA production to fall nearly 16% this year / Fastest growth expected in Central Europe / IAL Consultants study
07.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
PolyCert Europe seeks EU-wide quality compliance rules and alignment of reclaim-use standards for plastics processing
05.10.2020
PVC
China initiates anti-dumping investigation into US-made PVC / US, Taiwan, Japan main import sources
02.10.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total extends FM for European PP
02.10.2020
USA
Power supply instability delays restart of US polymer production after storms / Normalisation in the second half of October at the earliest / Shortages for PE, PVC and PC / Worst hurricane season since 2005
01.10.2020
TURKEY
PE and PP import dependency to reduce by 2023 as new capacities start up / Demand and import volumes forecast to rise in 2020 / Foreign trade deficit set to widen
28.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyethylene: Total declares force majeure on metallocene grades from Belgium
08.09.2020
USA
Chemicals and plastics production mostly not directly affected by Hurricane “Laura” / Nevertheless severe capacity losses / Infrastructure damage leads to numerous forces majeures
03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sadara anticipates reduced TDI production at its plant in Al Jubail throughout the whole of Q4
03.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF declares force majeure for TDI from Ludwigshafen
03.09.2020
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