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PVC INDUSTRY
Converters hard hit by high prices, supply chain problems / Sector worst affected by forces majeures / Ccurrent utilisation rates in Europe only at about 76%
 		20.10.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Natural gas prices ease / Decline in crude demand continues / Industrial raw materials prices lower
 		20.10.2022
EGYPT
Gas price reduction for sections of petrochemicals industry / Compensatory measure for weak national currency
 		19.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PET: Indorama declares force majeure at Dutch site / Cheap imports could cause further plant shutdowns
 		18.10.2022
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Report shows bigger climate impact from chemical recycling / Call for focus on mechanical recycling and reducing packaging waste
 		17.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polypropylene: TotalEnergies declares force majeure on Belgian outages / CGT trade union wants to extend French strike / End of the downward price spiral expected
 		14.10.2022
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Call for urgent shift to a sustainable and low-emissions model / Transformation could double industry's size, create 29 mn new jobs
 		14.10.2022
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
European automakers want government support for recovery, shift to zero emissions / Chip issues cost industry billions / 2022 registrations forecast 26% below 2019
 		14.10.2022
RUSSIA
EU sanctions on feedstocks, resins slash Russian production / Industry source says half of methanol capacity offline / Logistics issues, discounts slow exports to Asia
 		13.10.2022
LOGISTICS
Maersk to ship containers across the seas with bio-methanol / Container freight rates remain under pressure
 		12.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
TDI: Supply situation suffers bottlenecks / Plant shutdowns in Europe / Italian furniture industry desperate for material
 		12.10.2022
BOPP FILMS
Pandemic spurs global growth / Capacity rises to over 16 mn t per year / China home to half of world output / Brückner dominates film line sales
 		12.10.2022
BIO-ABS
Alliance to create renewable styrenics supply chain using Neste's RE / Ineos Styrolution launches bio-attributed ABS
 		12.10.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins, polystyrene: TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil under heavy pressure / Tentative attempts at a rapprochement in France / Supply disruptions looming
 		11.10.2022
PET / POLYAMIDE
Pakistan floods could raise global prices / Loss of cotton harvest likely / Will synthetic fibre demand surge as in 2010/2011?
 		11.10.2022
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