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Producers´ Announcements
BELARUS
China CAMC Engineering reportedly partnering with Mogilevkhimvolokno on 200,000 t/y PET plant / Part of government plans for integrated polyester production base
 		08.08.2014
SHALE GAS
German environment agency remains sceptical on fracking / Latest expert opinion recommends tight restrictions / Draft legislation expected in autumn
 		05.08.2014
SHALE GAS
First exploration licences awarded in UK / Prelude to drilling permits / Scottish nationalists in a bind
 		01.08.2014
ADDITIVES
Global market to grow by 4.8% per year by 2020 / Modifiers expected to see largest gains / Plasticisers most commonly used / BCC Research report
 		31.07.2014
COMPOSITES MARKET
German companies report good business / Market survey carried out by Composites Germany
 		29.07.2014
PVC MARKET
European production landscape undergoing massive changes / Global capacity shifts drive consolidations / Overcapacities mean additional closures cannot be avoided / Who will be the next victim in this game of Russian roulette?
 		29.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP shuts down its olefin plant in Gelsenkirchen for a few days
 		25.07.2014
PPS MARKET
Japanese PPS producer DIC to build first compounding plant in China / Total capacity rises to 40,000 t/y
 		17.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Joint venture plant for styrene and propylene oxide in Moerdijk offline until year's end / Allocations for PO remain stable
 		16.07.2014
TAIWAN
Petrochemicals Group CPC shuts down cracker in Kaohsiung / Shale gas shock wave rolls on
 		15.07.2014
PPS MARKET
Trading in shares of world market leader Lumena suspended / Status of plant expansion in China's Sichuan province unclear / Toray begins construction on South Korea facility
 		11.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for LDPE from Wilton
 		09.07.2014
SOUTH AFRICA
Commodity plastics consumption to grow by 4.7% per year to 2017 / Growing demand for packaged foods / Frost & Sullivan report
 		08.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares FM for PP from Carrington / Market tightens further
 		08.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
European olefin output improves in Q1 2014 / Renewed cutbacks could see weaker Q2
 		07.07.2014
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