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SOUTH KOREA
Petrochemicals capacity to rise by about 6m t/y to 2016 / Expansions expected in olefins and aromatics segments
 		14.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell lifts force majeure in Moerdijk
 		11.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
UK government creates new office to drive shale gas exploitation / End of exploration ban in sight?
 		11.12.2012
POLYURETHANE FOAMS
GM joins claimants in massive US price fixing case
 		10.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Imminent consolidation of European HDPE production / Rising global competition
 		05.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol reportedly idles Portuguese cracker for “market reasons”
 		05.12.2012
ARGENTINA
Petrochemicals capacity to remain flat to 2016, GlobalData reports / Dow upgrades Bahia Blanca PE operations
 		04.12.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Force majeure for styrene from Shell's Moerdijk plant remains in place
 		30.11.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
European olefin production still muted in Q3 2012
 		26.11.2012
AVIATION COMPOSITES
Market growing at 12.8% per year to USD 414m in 2018 / Composites offer weight reduction and impact resistance advantages over metal / Frost & Sullivan study
 		23.11.2012
TAIWAN
Petrochemical industry to invest EUR 1.2 bn in four ports over next five years / Kuokuang plans new MMA facility
 		22.11.2012
BIOPLASTICS
EC's industrial policy favours bio-economy / Increasingly dynamic market / Largest global capacity in Asia and South America / Bio-PET drives development / Soft drink producers at the forefront of innovation
 		22.11.2012
PLASTICS MARKETS
European polymer output sees downward trend in H1 2012 / Slight recovery in processing segment / Automotive and packaging stable / Moderate growth in consumption in 2011 / PlasticsEurope report
 		20.11.2012
TDI
China imposes penalty duties on TDI from the EU / Bayer, BorsodChem and Dow affected
 		16.11.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Iran's West Ethylene pipeline due to go on stream in December / Volte-face in polymer exports policy
 		09.11.2012
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