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NOVA CHEMICALS
Further reorganisation will bring up to 600 job losses / Greater focus on the olefins/polyolefins
 		19.01.2009
TEXAS PETROCHEMICALS
Plants idled as C4 and butadiene demand falls
 		19.01.2009
INDIA
Linde consortium wins EUR 1.03 bn contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant
 		16.01.2009
DOW
Sale of thermoplastic PU business to Lubrizol
 		16.01.2009
A. SCHULMAN
Net profit falls 18% in fiscal Q1 2009 / Drop in demand “unprecedented”
 		16.01.2009
BRASKEM
Withdrawal from PET business / Production on a competitive basis is no longer viable
 		15.01.2009
TRONOX
Chapter 11 filing in the US / Credit crunch and environmental liabilities / Overseas assets unaffected
 		14.01.2009
SPOLCHEMIE
Takeover of Hexion epoxy resins laid to rest / “Well placed to weather the financial crisis”
 		14.01.2009
MITSUI CHEMICALS
MMA and PU subsidiaries to be absorbed
 		13.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
US bankruptcy court grants emergency financing / European converters are concerned about bonuses
 		12.01.2009
DOW
Slight hope that K-Dow is not dead / Acquisition of Rohm and Haas still hanging in the balance
 		09.01.2009
SABIC EUROPE
Launch of UHMWPE / Production start-up scheduled for Q2 2009
 		09.01.2009
POLIMERICA
“Lupotech T” specified for 300,000 t/y LDPE plant
 		08.01.2009
LYONDELLBASELL
Chapter 11 filing in New York / Finance holding Basell Germany involved, other non-US business unaffected
 		07.01.2009
DOW
Liveris threatens Kuwait with legal action / Sabre rattling in pursuit of break-up fee for scuttled jv?
 		07.01.2009
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