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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Work on US Gulf Coast crackers and PE plants gears up / ChevronPhillips and ExxonMobil lead the way / Some 30% of expanded US commodity plastics output to be exported by 2020
 		23.06.2014
SHALE GAS
German government working on draft fracking bill / Proposed law would include ban on toxic chemicals, prohibition on drilling near water reserves / Several federal states opposed
 		18.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire takes out IRPC's propylene cracker in Rayong / Production of PP compounds may be affected
 		11.06.2014
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
US-residential construction helps drive up demand by 9.8% annually / Market to reach USD 5.5 bn in 2018 / Freedonia report
 		11.06.2014
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
EU chemicals output continues to rise in Q1 despite petrochemicals decline / Polymers production grows by 1.3% in March / Cefic data
 		10.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Versalis lifts FM for EVA from Oberhausen
 		05.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lukoil's Caucasus-based Stavrolen subsidiary resumes PP production / Third-party propylene / Feedstock output due to start up next year
 		05.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell's SM/PO plant in Moerdijk rocked by explosion and blaze / Two workers suffer minor burns / Cause still unclear
 		04.06.2014
CHINA
Anti-dumping duties on adipic acid from EU, US and South Korea set to expire in November / Ministry of Commerce calls on local companies for statements about possible extension
 		03.06.2014
SWITZERLAND
More than 10% of plastics consumption goes into PU / Rigid foams are the most important segment
 		02.06.2014
SHALE GAS UK
“Reasonable” estimate sees 4.4 bn barrels of shale oil under southern England / Geological survey finds no significant gas potential / New financial incentives for local communities
 		02.06.2014
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Investors drawn to low-wage countries / ASEAN member states constitute alternative to China / Highly heterogeneous region / E&E, automotive drive Thai plastics demand / Massive expansion in plastics production capacities
 		30.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
ExxonMobil declares FM for polypropylene from Lillebonne
 		23.05.2014
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCTION
Production volumes recover in 2013 / Automotive, building and foreign trade drive sales / PlasticsEurope Deutschland president sees dark clouds
 		21.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lucite lifts force majeure on MMA in UK
 		20.05.2014
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